Kids' Informal Learning with Digital Media
An Ethnographic Investigation of Innovative Knowledge Cultures is a three year collaborative project funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Carried out by researchers at University of Southern California and University of California, Berkeley, the project explores the ways kids use digital media in their everyday lies. For more information, visit the MacArthur Foundation.

Constitutional Rights Foundation (CRF)
Educating for Democracy, the California Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools is a Constitutional Rights Foundation project carried out in collaboration with the Center for Civic Education and the Alliance for Representative Democracy. The coalition's goal is to strengthen civic education in California's public schools consistent with the recommendations in the Civic Mission of Schools report. For more information, visit CRF.

Consortium on Chicago School Research (CCSR)
Researchers at the University of Chicago joined with researchers from the school district and other organizations to form the Consortium on Chicago School Research (CCSR). CCSR aims to conduct rigorous studies that inform and assess policy and practice in the Chicago public schools. For more information, visit CCSR.