Civics EDU is a comprehensive curriculum planning process with one goal: Education Designed to Unite. Civics EDU helps Local Education Associations (LEA’s) create sustainable Civics Learning Plans. This community approach produces new resources and new partnerships for sustainable, K-12 designs for Civics Learning.
Environmental Education
Cornell University is a super K-12 partner for environmental education. Civics EDU is a Cornell University Ornithology Lab Ambassador for Environmental Education.
Cornell supports global citizen science data skills. Civics EDU coordinates schools and communities to impact their community’s environmental health with Nest Watch software training, grant application support, and local team building for year round funding and sustainability.
Connecting students to local environmental civic heroes mentors civic engagement. Share this story about the power of digitizing local history with your curriculum coordinators.
Digital Literacy
Civics EDU holds an educator badge for Common Sense Education.
Common Sense Education is a high quality non-profit, that specializes in children’s media review, digital citizenship curriculum, and advocacy.
Civics EDU helps school districts and communities design and implement digital literacy education to reach all students and families.
Read about using Common Sense for K-12 Education.
Local History
Land acknowledgements often don’t result in better land management. Civics EDU designs curriculum to understand the land, monitor change, and build trust.
By working with great guiding documents like the UN Sustainability Development Goals and the Educating for Democracy Roadmap, Civics EDU works with community teams ready to work together. And it works!
With our clearinghouse of the pathways to success, Civics EDU focuses on community pride and partnership, showcasing your community’s best features, powered by your community’s own steam, for generations to come.
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