Advocacy Statements Supporting Civic Education

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To support civic education across the country, this advocacy section provides a set of strong statements in favor of civic education (or particular approaches to civic education), some signed by important organizations or prominent individuals. Please feel free to utilize these statements in your work, particularly if you are advocating civic education at the local level, or within an organization.

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

Letter to John Bridgeland, Director of USA Freedom Corps

Center for Civic Education

The Center for Democracy and Citizenship - Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota

The Civic Mission of Schools (a major new report on civic education) - The Carnegie Corporation of New York and The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement (CIRCLE)

Civic Practices Network

Close Up Foundation

The Eagleton Institute at Rutgers University

First Amendment Schools: Educating for Freedom and Responsibility

The Futures Project at Brown University

The Harwood Institute

Kids Voting USA

National Network for Educational Renewal

National Council for the Social Studies

Henry Milner

National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration

National Center for Learning and Citizenship - Education Commission of the States

North Carolina Civic Education Consortium

South Carolina Civic Education Project

The School of Government at The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

St. Albans School

Student Voices

The Taft Institute for Government

Teaching Democracy - The Pennsylvania Center for Civic Life at Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania

Quote by George Washington