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| | Civic Engagement |
| | Civics and Civic Education |
| | Education, Teaching, Schools |
| | Government, Politics, International, Law |
| | Youth |
| | Other |
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| Research/Funding |
| Teaching Tools |
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| Associations and Organizations |
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| Civic Engagement |
| Center for Civic Engagement (University of Texas) |
| The
CCE connects the University of Texas' academic mission to the community
through community-based teaching and learning, volunteerism, and
leadership activities. The center promotes projects in
hands-on/action-oriented learning, civic education, service-learning,
and active citizenship. |
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| Center for Democracy and Citizenship (University of Minnesota) |
| The
Center for Democracy and Citizenship, a program of the Herbert H.
Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, develops citizenship initiatives
around the concept of public work, based on the idea that citizenship
is best seen as work, whether paid or unpaid, that has public meaning,
lasting public impact, and contributes to the commonwealth. |
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| Civic Practices Network |
| CPN
is a collaborative and nonpartisan project that joins together a
diverse array of organizations and perspectives within the civic
renewal movement and brings practical tools for public problem solving
into community and institutional settings. |
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| Close Up Foundation |
| The
Close Up Foundation is the nation's largest nonprofit, nonpartisan
citizenship education organization. Since its founding, Close Up has
worked to promote responsible and informed participation in the
democratic process through a variety of educational programs. |
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| National Center for Learning and Citizenship (Education Commission of the States) |
| NCLC
is an organization of chief state school officers, district
superintendents, service-learning professionals and others who support
service-learning. Members are committed to linking school-based service
and service-learning to K-12 curriculum and to organizing schools to
maximize community volunteer efforts. |
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| Council for Citizenship Education |
| The
purpose of the Council is to equip citizens of New York State and
elsewhere with the knowledge and skills for thoughtful and effective
participation in the public life of their local community, state,
nation, and international system in the 21st century. |
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| Educators for Community Engagement |
| Educators
for Community Engagement is a national organization dedicated to
service-learning. Members strive to integrate learning and service
within the diverse communities in which they work and live. |
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| National Association of Secretaries of State |
| NASS
is the oldest professional, nonpartisan organization of public
officials in the United States. The association leads the debate on
improving voter registration processes, increasing government services
available over the Internet and promoting election reform policies at
the state and national levels. Members have targeted programs that will
increase young people's awareness of the democratic process. The New
Millennium Project works to engage younger voters in the electoral
process through the use of youth-friendly initiatives and by seeking
non-traditional locations to offer voter registration to this age
group. |
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| National Commission on Service-Learning |
| The
National Commission is part of Learning In Deed which was established
to broaden the use of service-learning in school districts across
America. The Commission was established to bring a new level of public
commitment to service-learning by developing recommendations and an
action plan to make service-learning available to all K-12 students and
encouraging adoption of service-learning among education leaders and
policy makers. |
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| National Conference on Citizenship |
| The
NCOC aims to encourage effective participation in citizenship
activities and to promote a spirit of cooperation on the part of all
citizens. NCOC has undertaken a variety of programs and projects aimed
at promoting civic involvement and civil dialogue. |
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| National Society for Experiential Education |
| The
NSEE is a membership association committed to all forms of experiential
learning — whether they happen in the classroom, workplace, or
community. The Society is a strong advocate of partnerships that
contribute to more dynamic classrooms, a stronger workforce, and
thriving communities. |
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| Random Acts of Kindness Foundation |
| The
Foundation inspires people to practice kindness and to "pass it on" to
others. They provide free educational and community ideas, guidance,
and other resources to participants. |
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| Civics and Civic Education |
| Center for Civic Education |
| The
Center is a nonprofit, nonpartisan educational corporation dedicated to
fostering the development of informed, responsible participation in
civic life by citizens committed to values and principles fundamental
to American constitutional democracy. It specializes in
civic/citizenship education, law-related education, and international
educational exchange programs for developing democracies, administering
curricular, teacher-training, and community-based programs. |
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| Citizenship Foundation |
| The
Citizenship Foundation is a U.K. based, independent charity working to
promote more effective citizenship through education about the law,
democracy and society. |
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| CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation |
| CIVICUS
is an international alliance nurturing the foundation, growth and
protection of citizen action throughout the world, especially in areas
where participatory democracy and citizens' freedom of association are
threatened. |
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| CIVITAS: An International Organization for Civic Education |
| CIVITAS
International, a world-wide non-governmental organization for civic
education, aims to strengthen effective education for informed and
responsible citizenship in new and established democracies around the
world. |
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| Constitutional Rights Foundation |
| CRF
is a non-profit, non-partisan, community-based organization dedicated
to educating America's young people about the importance of civic
participation in a democratic society. |
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| Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago |
| CRF
Chicago helps young people develop the skills, knowledge, and attitudes
necessary to serve their communities and nation as active, responsible
citizens. |
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| National Alliance for Civic Education |
| NACE
has more than 150 group and individual members committed to advancing
civic knowledge and engagement. The mission of the Alliance is to work
to help citizens across the country better understand the significance
of effective civic education for a well-functioning democracy. |
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| Education, Teaching, Schools |
| American Association for Higher Education |
| AAHE
is the membership organization that serves its members, other
individuals, communities, and institutions in the higher education
community by building their capacity as learners and leaders and
increasing their effectiveness in a complex, interconnected world. The
AAHE Service Learning Project consists of a two-part initiative
dedicated to the integration of service-learning across the
disciplines. |
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| American Council of Trustees and Alumni |
| The
ACTA is a nonprofit educational organization committed to academic
freedom, excellence, and accountability on college and university
campuses. It supports programs and policies that encourage high
academic standards, strong curricula, and the free exchange of ideas. |
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| American Federation of Teachers |
| The AFT is a union representing teachers in the United States. |
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| American Society for Public Administration |
| ASPA
is a public administration professional association, with a diverse
membership of government and nonprofit administrators, scholars,
teachers and students. Its mission is to advance excellence in public
service. |
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| Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development |
| ASCD is an international, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization representing educators.
It addresses all aspects of |
| effective teaching and learning, such as professional development, educational
leadership, and capacity building. |
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| Council of the Chief State School Officers |
| CCSSO,
through leadership, advocacy, and service, assists chief state school
officers and their organizations in achieving the vision of an American
education system that enables all children to succeed in school, work,
and life. |
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| Council of the Great City Schools |
| The
Council of the Great City Schools is a coalition of 60 of the nation's
largest urban public school systems. It serves as the national voice
for urban educators, providing ways to share promising practices and
address common concerns. |
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| Education Commission of the States |
| ECS
is an interstate compact created to improve public education by
facilitating the exchange of information, ideas and experiences among
state policymakers and education leaders. |
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| First Hand Learning |
| First
Hand Learning is a non-profit corporation promoting inquiry teaching,
learning from direct experience, and closer links between cultural
institutions and schools. |
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| National Association of Secondary School Principals |
| The
NASSP strives to develop excellence in school leadership by providing
members with various programs and services to guide them in
administration, supervision, curriculum planning, and staff
development. |
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| National Council for the Social Studies |
| NCSS engages and supports educators in strengthening and advocating social studies.
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| National Education Association |
| The
NEA promotes the cause of quality public education, advances the
profession of education, expands the rights and furthers the interest
of educational employees, and advocates human, civil, and economic
rights for all. |
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| North Carolina Civic Education Consortium |
| The
Consortium unites community partners, educators and children and youth
to revitalize civic education for young North Carolinians. |
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| Government, Politics, International, Law |
| American Bar Association Division for Public Education |
| The mission of the ABA Division for Public Education is to promote public understanding
of law and its role in society. |
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| American Political Science Association |
| APSA
is the professional organization for the study of politics. The
Association brings together political scientists from all fields of
inquiry, regions, and occupational endeavors in order to expand our
awareness and understanding of political life. |
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| Foreign Policy Association |
| The
FPA is a national, nonprofit, nonpartisan, nongovernmental, educational
organization that educates Americans about the international issues. It
provides impartial publications, programs and forums to increase public
awareness of, and foster popular participation in, matters relating to
those policy issues. |
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| Freedom Forum |
| The
Freedom Forum is a nonpartisan foundation dedicated to the principles
of free press, free speech and free spirit for all people. The
foundation focuses on three priorities: the Newseum (the Forum's
interactive museum of news), the First Amendment and newsroom
diversity. |
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| Freedom House |
| Freedom
House is a leading advocate of the world's young democracies, which are
coping with the legacy of statism, dictatorship, and political
repression. It conducts an array of U.S. and overseas research,
advocacy, education, and training initiatives that promote human
rights, democracy, free market economics, the rule of law, independent
media, and U.S. engagement in international affairs. |
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| Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe |
| The
IDEE is a not-for-profit corporation created to support the growing
opposition movements in Eastern Europe seeking democratic change and an
end to communism. The IDEE's Centers for Pluralism program is a
region-wide effort to promote civic development through common
initiatives and cross-border cooperation. |
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| International Foundation for Election Systems |
| By
providing expert technical assistance in all areas of election
administration and election management, IFES works to encourage
national and international democracy. In addition to election
monitoring, IFES seeks to bolster democracy by developing programs that
strengthen rule of law, good governance and civil society. |
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| National Civic League |
| The
NCL is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to
strengthening citizen democracy by transforming democratic
institutions. The league accomplishes its mission through technical
assistance, training, publishing, research, and the All-America City
Awards, a community recognition program. |
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| National Conference of State Legislatures |
| The
NCSL is a bipartisan organization that serves the legislators and
staffs of the nation's fifty states, its commonwealths and territories.
It provides research, technical assistance and opportunities for
policymakers to exchange ideas on the most pressing state issues. NCSL
is an advocate for the interests of state governments before Congress
and federal agencies. |
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| National Democratic Institute |
| NDI
is a nonprofit organization working to strengthen and expand democracy
worldwide. Calling on a global network of volunteer experts, NDI
provides practical assistance to civic and political leaders advancing
democratic values, practices and institutions. |
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| National Endowment for Democracy |
| The
NED is a private, nonprofit organization aiming to strengthen
democratic institutions around the world through non-governmental
efforts. It makes hundreds of grants each year to support pro-democracy
groups throughout the world. |
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| Office of Environmental Education (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) |
| The OEE aims to advance and support education efforts that develop an environmentally
conscious and responsible public. |
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| Program for Democratic Values and Practices |
| The
Program for Democratic Values and Practices supports college- and
university-level education for principled and responsible citizenship
in a diverse democracy. |
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| Supreme Court Historical Society |
| The
Society is dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of the
history of the Supreme Court of the United States by conducting public
and educational programs, publishing books and other materials,
supporting historical research, and collecting antiques and artifacts
related to the Court's history. |
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| United Nations Association of the United States of America |
| The
UNA-USA is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that supports the work
of the United Nations and encourages active civic participation. It
educate Americans about the work of the United Nations, and encourages
public support for strong U.S. leadership in the United Nations. |
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| United States Institute of Peace |
| The
USIP is an independent, nonpartisan federal institution created and
funded by Congress to strengthen U.S. capacity to promote the peaceful
resolution of international conflict. The Institute meets its
congressional mandate through an array of programs, including grants,
fellowships, conferences and workshops, library services, publications,
and other educational activities. |
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| World Affairs Council of Washington D.C. |
| The
Council offers the opportunity to become more involved in the
discussion of foreign affairs. It promotes education on world affairs
in middle and secondary schools throughout the greater Washington area
through the International Project for Educators. This project offers
workshops for teachers, student leadership forums, a student overseas
study tour, and an intensive summer institute, co-sponsored with
Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. |
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| Youth |
| Character Education Partnership |
| The
CEP is a nonpartisan coalition of organizations and individuals
dedicated to developing moral character and civic virtue in youth as
one means of creating a more compassionate and responsible society. |
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| Do Something |
| Do
Something is a nationwide network of young people making a difference
in their communities and taking action to change the world around them.
As part of Do Something, young people are asked what they want to do to
make things better and then given the resources and support to bring
their unique vision to life. |
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| Kids Voting USA |
| Kids
Voting USA is a national nonprofit, nonpartisan, organization that
fosters an informed, participating electorate by educating and actively
engaging young people and their families in voting and other elements
of effective civic engagement. Resources for teachers include K-12
Civics Alive! curriculum, and Destination Democracy, a series of
forty-one high school service-learning activities. |
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| Seeking Harmony in Neighborhoods Everyday |
| SHiNE
is a national non-profit organization that uses art, music, technology
and sports to engage and empower young people to take a stand, use
their voice and impact their world. |
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| What Kids Can Do |
| WKCD
is a national nonprofit organization that documents the value of young
people working with teachers and other adults on projects that combine
powerful learning with public purpose for an audience of educators and
policy makers, journalists, community members, and students. Integral
to WKCD's mission is connecting the previously separate fields of
school reform, youth development, community development,
service-learning, and school-to-work. |
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| Youth Service America |
| YSA
is a resource center and alliance of organizations committed to
increasing the quantity and quality of opportunities for young
Americans to serve locally, nationally, or globally. Its mission is to
strengthen the effectiveness, sustainability, and scale of the youth
service and service-learning fields. |
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| Youth Noise |
| YouthNOISE
is a group of young people, together with a group of adults, working to
provide information to nonprofit partners that will spark youth action
and voice. It is an initiative of Save the Children Federation, Inc.,
which is a nonpartisan, nonsectarian, nonprofit organization that works
to improve the lives of children and youth. |
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| Youth Vote Coalition |
| Youth
Vote is a coalition working to increase the political involvement 18-
to 30-year-old Americans. The coalition consists of over one hundred
diverse national organizations representing hundreds of organizations
and millions of young people. |
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| Other |
| The Civic Mind |
| The
Civic Mind website, keynote speeches, and consulting services are
designed to help organizations and individuals realize their civic
goals. |
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| Communitarian Network |
| The
Communitarian Network organizes moral dialogues, develops Communitarian
position papers, conducts public meetings, and advises legislatures and
community groups regarding moral and social issues. |
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| Institute for American Values |
| The
Institute for American Values is a private, nonpartisan organization
devoted to contributing intellectually to the renewal of marriage and
family life and the sources of competence, character, and citizenship. |
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| Jefferson Center for Character Education |
| The
center is a national, non-profit, non-sectarian organization which
addresses the need to teach character education in both public and
private schools. Their mission is to produce and promote programs to
teach children in grades K through 12 concepts, skills and behavior of
good character, common core values, personal and civic responsibility. |
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| Josephson Institute of Ethics |
| The
Institute is a public-benefit, nonpartisan, nonprofit membership
organization founded to improve the ethical quality of society by
advocating principled reasoning and ethical decision making. The
Character Counts! youth-education initiative is a project of the
Institute. |
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| National Association for Conservation Districts |
| NACD
unites conservation districts into one voice to helps them accomplish
collectively what they could not accomplish alone. It develops national
conservation policies, influences lawmakers and builds partnerships
with other agencies and organizations. NACD also provides services to
its districts to help them share ideas in order to better serve their
local communities. |
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| National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise |
| The
NCNE provides community and faith-based organizations with training and
technical assistance, links them to sources of support, and evaluates
their experience for public policy. Societal problems addressed by
NCNE's grassroots network include youth violence, substance abuse, teen
pregnancy, homelessness, joblessness, poor education and deteriorating
neighborhoods. |
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| North American Association for Enviromental Education |
| The
NAAEE is a network of professionals, students, and volunteers working
in the field of environmental education around the world. The
Association promotes environmental education and supports the work of
environmental educators. |
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| Peace Corps |
| The
Peace Corps has three goals: to help the people of interested countries
in meeting their need for trained men and women; to help promote a
better understanding of Americans on the part of the peoples served and
to help promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of
Americans. |
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| Sierra Club |
| The
purposes of the Sierra Club are to explore, enjoy, and protect the wild
places of the earth; to practice and promote the responsible use of the
earth's ecosystems and resources; to educate and enlist humanity to
protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment;
and to use all lawful means to carry out these objectives. |
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| YMCA |
| The
nation's more than 2,400 YMCAs are the largest not-for-profit community
service organizations in America, working to meet the health and social
service needs of Americans. |
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| Projects and Programs |
| AmeriCorps |
| AmeriCorps
is a network of national service programs that engage more than 50,000
Americans each year in intensive service to meet critical needs in
education, public safety, health, and the environment. |
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| Civic Education Project |
| CEP,
an international non-profit organization, works to enhance the
development of higher and professional education in societies engaged
in political and economic transition, supporting grassroots efforts to
reform higher education in Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia. |
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| Civic Education Project (Northwestern University) |
| Through
school break programs and summer courses, the Civic Education Project
(CEP) combines traditional education and community service to promote
civic responsibility among young people. CEP offers high school and
junior high school students opportunities to learn and serve in
communities across the country, developing the knowledge, experience,
and leadership skills they need to make a positive impact on society. |
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| Earth Force |
| Earth
Force enables youth to discover and implement lasting solutions to
environmental issues in their community. In the process they develop
life-long habits of active citizenship and environmental stewardship. |
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| Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge |
| The
Freedoms Foundation's education programs, collectively titled America's
School for Citizenship Education, teach Americans about America. Each
year, some 3,000 students from all 50 states take part in their
educational programs that include U.S. history, constitutional rights
and citizens' responsibilities, core values, and the private enterprise
system. |
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| John Glenn Institute for Public Service and Public Policy (Ohio State University) |
| The
Glenn Institute's student programs engage students of all ages in the
community, prepare them for leadership, and inspire them to follow
Senator Glenn's example of active citizenship. |
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| Learning In Deed |
| Learning
In Deed is a national initiative, funded by the W.K. Kellogg
Foundation, developed to engage more young people in service to others
as part of their academic life. The initiative will encourage more
school systems across the country to adopt service-learning, making
quality service-learning opportunities available to youth in every
classroom in grades K-12 throughout the country . |
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| LegiSchool Project |
| The
LegiSchool Project is a civic education collaboration between
California State University, Sacramento, and the California State
Legislature, administered by the Center for California Studies. The
Project's mission is to engage young people in matters of public policy
and state government by creating opportunities for students and state
leaders to meet and share ideas on the problems affecting Californians.
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| Project 540 - National High School Civic Engagement Initiative (Providence College) |
| Project
540 (previously the National High School Civic Engagement Initiative)
is a national high school civic engagement initiative with the purpose
of engaging students in dialogue about issues they care about in order
to enhance opportunities for community involvement. Students from 250
high schools, representing ten national sites, will participate as
student leaders, dialogue facilitators, or participants in face-to-face
or online dialogues. The project encourages active citizenship through
a process that involves students joining with students to identify
issues, map existing opportunities, and envision change. |
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| Public Achievement |
| Public
Achievement is an international youth initiative focused on
citizenship, democracy and public work. They establish sites with the
cooperation of schools and youth programs, recruit and train site
coordinators and coaches, and work to draw young people to the program.
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| Student Voices |
| The
Student Voices Project encourages the civic engagement of young people
by bringing the study of a local political campaign into the classroom.
Working with school systems throughout the country, the project helps
high school students study the issues and candidates in their cities'
mayoral campaign. |
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| Study Circles Resource Center |
| The
SCRC is dedicated to finding ways for people to engage in dialogue and
problem solving on critical social and political issues. SCRC helps
communities by giving them the tools to organize productive dialogue,
recruit diverse participants, find solutions, and work for action and
change. |
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| Urban Agenda Project (Wayne State University) |
| The
Urban Agenda is an international civic education project that uses the
process of agenda building as a key means for preparing youth for their
role as participants in a democratic society. It motivates learning of
social studies, civics and communications. |
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| Warner Institute for Education in Democracy |
| The
Institute is a web-based civic education learning tool for teachers and
students. It is hoped that those students who participate in the
program will gain a greater understanding and appreciation for
representative democracy and its role in our society. |
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| You the People |
| You
The People is a school-based and a community-based participatory,
interactive civics and citizenship study program. The program seeks to
promote an active citizenry who participate in democracy, no matter
what their political views, in a civil and skilled manner. It draws on
the ideals of the U.S. Constitution and history of civil democratic
discourse. |
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| Youth Activism Project |
| The
Youth Activism Project, formerly the Activism 2000 Project, is a
private non-partisan clearinghouse organization with the aims of
promoting civic engagement, training adults to collaborate with young
people, promoting youth infusion on citizen task forces, school boards,
community coalitions, organizations, etc., and sharing best practices
and resources with nonprofit and governmental agencies. |
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| Research/Funding |
| Annenberg Public Policy Center |
| The
Center examines a number of public policy issues including: Information
and Society; Media and the Developing Mind; Media and the Dialogue of
Democracy; and Health Communication. It supports research and sponsors
lectures and conferences in these areas. |
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| Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Political Engagement Project
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| PEP
is a project to address the growing disengagement of young people from
politics. In order to strengthen education for responsible, engaged
citizenship among college students, this three year project documents
and studies a diverse collection of academic courses and programs that
represent creative approaches to undergraduate political education. |
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| Center for Politics (University of Virginia) |
| The
Center for Politics (formerly the Center for Governmental Studies)
promotes the value of politics and seeks to improve civic education and
increase civic participation through comprehensive research, pragmatic
analysis, and innovative educational programs. The center's flagship
program, the Youth Leadership Initiative
(http://www9.youthleadership.net/youthleadership/), is a national civic
education program designed at increasing the political awareness of
middle- and high-school students. |
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| Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (University
of Maryland) |
| CIRCLE
promotes research on the civic and political engagement of Americans
between the ages of 15 and 25. Although the center conducts and funds
research, not practice, the projects it supports have practical
implications for those who work to increase young people's engagement
in politics and civic life. CIRCLE is also a clearinghouse for relevant
information and scholarship. |
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| Corporation for National and Community Service |
| The
Corporation for National and Community Service connects Americans of
all ages and backgrounds with opportunities to give back to their
communities and their nation through voluntary service. More than 2
million Americans serve their fellow citizens each year through the
Corporation's three main programs: AmeriCorps, Senior Corps, and Learn
and Serve America. |
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| Dirksen Congressional Center |
| The
Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center is a
private, nonpartisan, nonprofit research and educational institution
whose mission is to help people better understand the U.S. Congress and
its leaders. |
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| Indiana University Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis |
| The
Workshop combines teaching, research, and related activities where
faculty, visiting scholars, and students participate in productive
scholarship related to institutional analysis and design. It is home to
an extensive interdisciplinary research agenda and affiliated faculty
in Economics, Political Science, Psychology, the Kelley School of
Business, and the School of Public and Environmental Affairs. |
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| James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership (University of Maryland) |
| The
Academy of Leadership's mission is to promote leadership knowledge and
practices that empower all those who strive for a just, equitable, and
thriving society, particularly those who have been historically
underrepresented in leadership. |
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| James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions (Princeton University) |
| The
program promotes teaching and scholarship in constitutional law and
political thought. Under the leadership of its Director, and with the
guidance and support of an Advisory Council of distinguished
individuals from the worlds of law, business, philanthropy, and the
academy, the James Madison Program sponsors and guides research and
pedagogy at the undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral levels. |
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| Kettering Foundation |
| The foundation undertakes research that focuses on finding ways to make democracy
work better. |
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| Mershon Center - Education for Democratic Citizenship Program |
| The
mission of the Mershon Center is to promote the civilian study of
military affairs, specifically focused on issues of international
security, broadly construed. Currently, the focus of these studies
seeks to address issues of international security. |
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| National Endowment for Humanities |
| NEH
is an independent grant-making agency of the United States government
dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public
programs in the humanities. |
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| Pew Partnership for Change |
| The
Pew Partnership is a civic research organization whose mission is to
identify and document promising solutions and strategies crucial to
strong communities. |
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| The Saguaro Seminar (Harvard University) |
| The
Saguaro Seminar will develop a handful of far-reaching, actionable
ideas to significantly increase Americans' connectedness to one another
and to community institutions over the next five years. The goal is to
publicize a few approaches, networks, organizations, or strategies that
are working but need to be exploited more broadly both to build
effective social trust and reciprocity in neighborhoods nationwide. |
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| SURDNA Foundation |
| A
philanthropic organization supporting the environment, community
revitalization, effective citizenry, the arts, and non-profit
organizations, among other things. |
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| Walt Whitman Center for the Culture and Politics of Democracy (Rutgers University) |
| The
Center concentrates on the analysis of democratic politics in the
United States. It approaches democracy in the spirit of Walt Whitman's
ideal of vigorous citizenry engaged in the culture and politics of a
free society - democracy understood as a mode of living within
political institutions. The Center serves as a site for faculty and
graduate student research and conferences on important questions of
democratic theory and practice. |
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| Teaching Tools |
| Active Citizenship: Empowering American's Youth |
| Active
Citizenship is a curriculum designed to teach the rights,
responsibilities, and civic values of U.S. citizenship. It includes a
service-learning group project in which students research and develop a
solution for a real problem in their community. |
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| American Promise |
| American
Promise is devoted to helping teachers, professors and educators bring
democracy to life in their classrooms. This site is a supplement to the
videos and teaching guide produced for the original public television
series. |
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| America's Promise |
| The
mission of America's Promise's is to mobilize people from every sector
of American life to build the character and competence of our nation's
youth by fulfilling its "Five Promises" for young people. |
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| America's Story from America's Library (Library of Congress) |
| The
Library of Congress created this site to allow users to have fun with
history while learning at the same time. Much of the material presented
is from non-book, primary source items, many of which are found only in
the collections of the Library of Congress. |
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| Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids (Government Printing Office) |
| This
guide is the educational component of GPO Access, the Government
Printing Office's free online service of official Government
information from all three branches of the U.S. Government. It provides
information and activities specifically tailored for educators,
parents, and students in K-12. These resources can help teach about the
U.S. government and how it works, as well as teaching about the primary
source materials on GPO Access, and how citizens can use GPO Access in
carrying out their civic responsibilities. |
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| Bill of Rights Institute |
| The
Institute offers sample instructional materials to help teachers meet
standards and local requirements, while engaging students with relevant
lessons on America's Founding and the Bill of Rights. |
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| Bridging the Watershed |
| BTW
is one of five "National Park Labs" programs that promotes national
parks as learning laboratories and provides a model that can be
replicated in other parks and watersheds. The program is based in the
Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. |
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| Census in Schools |
| The
Census in Schools program promotes data literacy and increases
awareness of Census Bureau products and activities by providing
educators with teaching tools, resource materials, workshops, and other
professional development opportunities. |
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| Chief Justice |
| Chief
Justice is an educational game designed to give the players an
appreciation of the United States Constitution and of the U.S.
democratic form of government. The game contains 100 critical thinking
questions that incorporate moral and ethical issues. |
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| Choices for the 21st Century Education Project (Brown University) |
| Choices
is a multifaceted educational program that seeks to engage the American
public in the consideration of international issues and strengthen the
quality of civic life. It offers a series of curricular materials that
addresses current and historical international issues and provides
workshops for teachers at the secondary level. The Capitol Forum on
America's Future engages high school students in dialogue at their
state capitol. |
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| Civics at Work: People, Government, and a Civil Society |
| This
site offers for sale the Agency for Instructional Technology (AIT)'s
multimedia contextual learning program on civics and government
instruction, a resource or semester-long course for students in grades
10–12. The program takes an active approach to civics and government
instruction, based on the five organizing questions of the National
Standards for Civics and Government. |
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| Civnet |
| CIVNET,
a website of CIVITAS International, is an online resource and service
for civic education practitioners (teachers, teacher trainers,
curriculum designers), as well as scholars, policymakers, civic-minded
journalists, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) promoting civic
education all over the world. |
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| ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication (ERIC) |
| This ERIC clearinghouse provides educational materials, services, and coursework
in the language arts. |
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| First Amendment Center |
| The
First Amendment Center, an operating program of the Freedom Forum,
works to preserve and protect First Amendment freedoms through
information and education. The center serves as a forum for the study
and exploration of free-expression issues, including freedom of speech,
of the press and of religion, and the right to assemble and petition
the government. |
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| First Amendment Schools: Educating for Freedom and Responsibility |
| First
Amendment Schools, co-sponsored by the Association for Supervision and
Curriculum Development (ASCD) and the First Amendment Center, is a
national initiative designed to transform how schools model and teach
the rights and responsibilities of citizenship that frame civic life in
our democracy. The project serves as a national resource for all
schools, K-12, public and private, interested in affirming First
Amendment principles and putting them into action in their school
communities. |
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| H.I.P. Pocket Change (U.S. Mint) |
| The
HPC is designed to be a fun, educational tool for students and teachers
that generates interest in coins, the Mint, and United States history. |
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| National Archives & Records Administration |
| NARA is an independent federal agency that oversees the management of all federal
records. |
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| NARA Archival Research Catalog |
| The
Catalog allows users to search for government documents through the
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) database. |
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| National Constitution Center |
| NCC
was established to increase awareness and understanding of the United
States Constitution, the Constitution's history, and its relevance to
daily life in the U.S. |
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| Project Learning Tree |
| PLT,
a program of the American Forest Foundation, is an award winning,
broad-based environmental education program for educators and students
in PreK-12. The program teaches students environmental content that
correlates to national and state standards in science, social studies,
language arts, math, and other subjects, and strengthens their critical
thinking, team building, and problem solving skills. |
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| Smithsonian |
| Smithsonian
education programs serve teachers and students of all ages. PreK-12
students across the country participate in a variety of Smithsonian
educational offerings on-site and through structured distance learning
programs and print and electronic media. |
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| Street Law |
| Street
Law is practical, participatory education about law, democracy and
human rights. Through its philosophy and programs, it empowers the
transformation of democratic ideals into citizen action. |
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| Teaching with Historic Places - National Register of Historic Places |
| TwHP
uses properties listed in the National Park Service's National Register
of Historic Places to enliven history, social studies, geography,
civics, and other subjects. It has created a variety of products and
activities that help teachers bring historic places into the classroom.
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| Young Citizens, Inc. |
| Young
Citizens (formerly known as National Helpers Network) programs are a
resource for educators in schools, school districts, youth programs and
community agencies nationwide who are interested in developing
service-learning experiences. The programs support service-learning by
creating and piloting innovative models, supporting educators through
professional development, and producing curriculum materials and
training tools. |
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