Civic Engagement Research Group at Mills College



If you don't like the the way the world is, you change it.
You have an obligation to change it. You just do
it one step at a time-- Marian Wright Edelman

 
  
 


CITYWORKS EVALUATION


Description

We conducted a study of CityWorks - an experiential high school government curriculum in collaboration with Bernadette Chi of the East Bay Conservation Corps. The curriculum was created by the Constitutional Rights Foundation and is being used in several Los Angeles area high schools.


Funding

Funded by the Surdna Foundation


Publications

Kahne, J., Chi, B., Middaugh, E. (2006). Building Social Capital for Civic and Political Engagement: The Potential of High School Government Courses. Canadian Journal of Education. 29(2). 87-409.


Related Links

Constitutional Rights Foundation (CRF)

 

 

 

 



     
 

Civic Engagement Research Group
School of Education - Mills College, 5000 MacArthur Blvd. MB-56, Oakland, CA 94613
Tel 510.430.3359, Email civicsurvey@mills.edu