I’m honored to be included in NYU Democracy Project’s “100 ideas in 100 days” series. Here’s my contribution. It makes a point about the need for high school civics education to include a component on the philosophy and mathematics of social choice. Without this addition to the curriculum, it’s not possible for the public to have an informed discussion about the pros and cons of various alternatives for how to design an electoral system to yield a single winner among multiple candidates. As ELB readers know, I have my own views on these pros and cons, but what’s really important for a democracy is that the citizenry be able to make an intelligent choice for itself on this crucial issue. Currently, I can think of no higher priority for our field.