CENTER FOR CIVIC EDUCATION
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Mission Statement
The Center is dedicated to promoting an enlightened and responsible citizenry committed to democratic principles and actively engaged in the practice of democracy in the United States and other countries.
About This Cause
The Center for Civic Education (www.civiced.org) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan educational organization based in California. The principal goals of the Center's K-12 educational programs are to help students develop (1) an increased understanding of the institutions of constitutional democracy and the fundamental principles and values upon which they are founded, (2) the skills necessary to participate as competent and responsible citizens, and (3) the willingness to use democratic procedures for making decisions and managing conflict. Ultimately, the Center strives to develop an enlightened citizenry by working to increase understanding of the principles, values, institutions, and history of constitutional democracy among teachers, students, and the general public. The Center’s programs are implemented with the assistance of a network of public- and private-sector organizations and educational leaders in every state and congressional district in the country and in more than eighty other countries, many of which are emerging and advanced democracies. The Center’s Civitas International Programs provide leaders in civic education opportunities to learn from and assist each other in improving education for democracy in their nations. The programs address the full range of civic education activities, from the development of educational policy, standards, curricular frameworks, and materials to teacher education, classroom implementation, and research and evaluation. The Center has its roots in the interdisciplinary Committee on Civic Education formed at the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1965 to develop more effective curricular programs in elementary and secondary civic education. In 1969, the Center became affiliated with the State Bar of California. In 1981, the State Bar established the Center for Civic Education as an independent nonprofit organization that remains affiliated with the State Bar.