Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing
can be changed until it is faced -- James Baldwin

 
  
 
 
 
 


CERG PROJECTS


California Survey of Civic Education (California Survey)
CERG in partnership with the Educating for Democracy Initiative, provides a longitudinal assessment of civic development opportunities and outcomes in a number of school districts throughout California. For more on the California Survey.

The Civic Implications of Kids' Participation w/Digital Media (Digital Media)
A longitudinal quantitative analysis of how adolescent engagement with digital media relates to their civic and political knowledge, commitments, and activities. For more on Kids and Digital Media

Developing Citizens: a Longitudinal Study of High School Student Civic Commitments (Chicago)
This study examines the impact of classroom practices, extracurricular activities, family conversations, neighborhood contexts, school contexts, and academic performance on students' developing commitments to civic participation. For more on Developing Citizens

The Pew Internet & American Life Project
CERG, in partnership with the Pew Internet & American Life Project, has developed a nationwide telephone survey, carried out in the Fall 2007, intended to examine young people's video game habits and experiences, and the relationship of those experiences to civic commitments and activities. For more on Pew

Past Projects include

Democratic Values Initiative Study

In collaboration with Joel Westheimer of the University of Ottawa, this study examined 10 exemplary educational programs designed to promote democratic values. For more on Democratic Values.

CityWorks Evaluation
A study of CityWorks - an experiential high school government curriculum - carried out in collaboration with Bernedette Chi. For more on CityWorks.

 
 

 
     
 

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