Center For Civic Education

Programs: The james madison legacy project is a three-year nationwide initiative of the center for civic education that aims to (1) increase the number of highly effective teachers of high-need students through the professional development of 2,025 teachers, (2) increase the achievement of at least 202,500 students in attaining state standards in civics and government, (3) serve the self-identified professional development needs of a minimum of more than 500 participating schools with significant concentrations of high-need students throughout the united states, and (4) evaluate the relative effectiveness of the centers research-validated traditional we the people: the citizen and the constitution professional development model enhanced with online resources and a new blended-learning variation of the traditional model that also uses online resources.

we the people, the citizen and the constitution is a nationally acclaimed civic education program focusing on the history and principles of the u. Sconstitution and bill of rights for upper elementary, middle, and high school students. The program is administered with the assistance of anational network of coordinators in every state and congressional district in the nation. The we the people project citizen is a curricular program for middle school students and youth groups that promote competent and responsible participation in local and state government. It helps young people learn how to monitor and influence public policy. In the process, they develop support for democratic values and principles, tolerance, and feelings of political efficacy.

list of other programs:cizitens not spectators and national academy: political and constitutional theory for citizens funded by the national endowment for the humanities. The center disseminates curricular materials for public and private schools at the elementary, secondary, and post-secondary levels, conducts professional development for educators and provides online resources to enhance students learning.

civitas: an international civic education exchange program is a cooperative project of civic education organizations in more than22 u. S states and 30 countries including many in africa, latin america, in addition we supported curriculum development of iranian civil society. The goal of the project is to exchange ideas, experiences, and curricularprograms to further development of civic competence and responsibilityamong youth in emerging and established democracies.