The Center for Civic Education’s School Violence Prevention Demonstration Program is a curriculum, training and research program that integrates three proven Center curricular materials: Foundations of Democracy, We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution, and We the People: Project Citizen.

The program culminates in a mock congressional hearing and a portfolio presentation.  The culminating activities allow student to apply the knowledge they have acquired and provide the team-problem-solving experience that fosters civic attitudes.

Teacher participants attend a minimum of forty hours of professional development during the school year and incorporate the program curriculum into their regular social studies curriculum. 

Benefits of participation include free curricular materials; quality professional development opportunities; and a stipend for attendance at trainings, integration of curriculum, conducting the simulations and completion of research requirement.

The School Violence Prevention Demonstration Program is implemented in public, private, urban, suburban, rural school districts and Native American school sites, and in some primary grades per locally driven requests.

Depending on the grade and site, the program can be geared to students with special needs, especially through Foundations of Democracy.

The three curricula that comprise the School Violence Prevention Demonstration Programit have been thoughtfully developed. The active engagement of students and the professional development that assists with the program's initiation and ongoing implementation are particular strengths.

-CMS Review