Civic Education
In 2001, the Carnegie Foundation of New York and the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) convened a distinguished group of educators, researchers, and scholars to study the problem of civic education in America and make recommendations for its improvement. In their report, The Civic Mission of Schools, the panel identified four goals of civic education and recommended six promising approaches to improve it.
The California Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools is an effort to apply the goals and recommendations outlined in The Civic Mission of Schools to strengthen civic education in California's public schools. One of the six promising approaches recommended in the report is service-learning. Building on that report recommendation, the twelve Service-learning Regions in California offer a civic education event every year.
Individuals and organizations interested in finding out more about the California Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools should contact the Constitutional Rights Foundation, www.crf-usa.org, the Center for Civic Education, www.civiced.org/index.php or the Alliance for Representative Democracy, www.representativedemocracy.org. |
