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APPLICANT               :       Center for Civic Education                                 5146 Douglas Fir road                                 Calabasas, California 91302 PROJECT DIRECTOR        :       Charles N. Quigley AWARD AMOUNT            :       $1,496,000 PROJECT PERIOD          :       9/1/99 - 8/31/97 

This project will strengthen democracy in newly constituted or reconstituted democracies, as well as in older, established democracies. The purpose of the program is to acquaint educators from EEN/NIS with exemplary curricular and teacher training progr ams in civic education developed in the United States, assist educators in these countries in adapting and implementing effective civic education programs in their countries, create instructional materials for students in the United States, facilitate the exchange of ideas and experience in civic education among political, educational, and private sector leaders of the par ticipating countries, and encourage research to determine the effects of civic education on the development of the knowledge, skills, and traits of public and private character for the improvement of democracy.

This is a consortium project conducted by the Center for Civic Education and principal civic education organizations such as the American Federation of Teachers Educational Foundation, American Political Science Association, Mershon Center and College of Education of the Ohio State University, Social Studies Development Center of Indiana University. The consortium will also collaborate with civic education organizations at the state and local level and affiliated civic organizations at the international level such as the Czech Republic-Institute for the Development of Education, Charles University; Hungary-Civitas-Association for Teaching Civic Knowledge and Skills; Latvia-Democracy Advancement Center Poland-Center for Citizenship Education; and Russia-Association for Civic Education in cooperation with Grazhdanin; Bosnia.

National Institute on Student Achievement, Curriculum and Assessment

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