The Campaign to Promote Civic Education effort is a fifty-state campaign (including the District of Columbia) aimed at restoring the civic mission of our nation’s schools by encouraging states and school districts to devote sustained and systematic attention to civic education from kindergarten through twelfth grade. The Center's Campaign to Promote Civic Education is affiliated with the Civic Mission of the Schools Campaign (CMS). The campaigns share the common goal of improving civic education policy and practice. For more information, please contact Liza Prendergast and Justin Rydstrom in the Center’s Washington, D.C., office.

Click to find a state-by-state listing of The Campaign to Promote Civic Education Facilitators in each state and the District of Columbia.

Overview
The Campaign to Promote Civic Education recognizes challenges and opportunities facing civic education in the 21st Century. Please visit the Campaign Overview to learn more about the vital importance of civic literacy, to understand the history of the Campaign, and to find out how your voice can improve civic education and engagement in the United States.

Resources
The Campaign will provide resources including research, studies, reports, papers, legislation, agendas, and other tools designed to assist state facilitators and concerned citizens in promoting civic education in each state. The Center has also made available Proposed Requirements for Instruction in Civics and Government.  An archive of the Campaign’s Monthly Newsletter is available here.

State Campaigns
The Campaign to Promote Civic Education is a network of fifty-one state campaigns working to make civic learning a priority in their states and local districts.

Events
From 2003 – 2006, the Center for Civic Education, the National Conference of State Legislatures, and the Center on Congress at Indiana University conducted four annual Congressional Conferences on Civic Education. The Campaign to Promote Civic Education is now assisting state and local leaders as they work to improve civic education at the state and local levels.

Partnerships
The Campaign is working with organizations dedicated to promoting civic literacy in each state and the District of Columbia.

Contacts
For questions or comments regarding the campaign, please contact the Center’s Washington, D.C., office.

Discussion Forum
The Campaign keeps an interactive discussion forum, in the form of a blog, to exchange best practices in civic education and engagement. The Campaign forum is designed to reach educators and policymakers in the U.S. Lend your voice to this important discussion here.

Giving
Thank you to the individuals and institutions who support the Campaign. To ensure that our nation’s children have the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to be informed and participatory citizens, please consider giving to the Center for Civic Education.

For more information about theNational Campaign to Promote Civic Education , please contact Liza Prendergast, prendergast@civiced.org, and Justin Rydstrom, rydstrom@civiced.org, in the Center’s Washington, D.C., office, 1743 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20009.