Welcome to the Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools Community Exchange. 

The Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools (CMS) represents educational, government, nonprofit organizations, and business.   The CMS Community, however, is much broader: it includes anyone who is interested in America's public schools, education and education reform, in what or how K-12 students learn about our country and its place in the world, and in how we prepare the next generation to take part in our democracy.  We invite anyone who wants to address these themes to participate in the conversation.

We expect that many people who post here will be members of organizations affiliated with the Campaign.  Some will be teachers or school officials seeking ideas about how to include civic learning in their schools.  Some may be academics or researchers who have been grappling with education reform for many years.  We also expect policymakers and their staff to join in, seeking information they can use to make policy changes to elevate and strengthen civic learning in the schools and allies to advocate with them.

We especially want this exchange to include voices from outside the circumference of the Campaign.  We would like to hear from parents, students, dissenters, and people speaking simply as citizens.

We only ask that the topic of conversation remains on CMS themes: schools, civic learning, education policy, and educating the next generation of Americans for democracy. more »