
High-Impact Civic Education Projects: A Guide for Donors
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Our nation is in a civic education crisis. Most American adults would fail the U.S. citizenship exam, and a third cannot name even one of the three branches of our government. Lack of civic understanding is a recipe for polarization, demonization, and tyranny.
The great American Experiment is based on equal protection under the rule of law, separation of powers, federalism, checks and balances, and, most fundamentally, protection of natural rights.
Philanthropists can have a major impact on civic education and the course of our nation by building on successful K-12 strategies, restoring civics to the college curriculum, and filling major gaps in civic understanding among adults. Reforming teacher education and studying the long-term retention of civic knowledge also are key to success. The Civic Education Program at The Philanthropy Roundtable has assembled this list of high-impact organizations working on such initiatives.
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Interacting with the Constitution
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Open Educational Resources on American History
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Citizenship Knowledge for Students Entering Adulthood
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Alexander Hamilton Comes to Town
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Gamified Learning
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Educating Teachers with a Socratic Approach to Core Documents
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Supreme Court Justices Teach the Constitution
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Constitutional Experts on Video
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Top Classical and Charter School Approaches to Civics
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College Bound: Reaching America’s Top Students
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Unique Civic Education Programs for Young Americans
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Civics in Prison
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Policy Expertise
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Undergraduate Civics
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Graduate and Law School Civics: Educating Tomorrow’s Leaders and Professors
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Defending and Educating about the First Amendment
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Educating Civil Society’s Leaders
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Other Civic Education Projects
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Textbooks
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Civil Discourse
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The Administrative State
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The Civic Education Program at The Philanthropy Roundtable