From the ECS State Policy Database: Civic Education - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....

From the ECS State Policy Database: Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....

From the ECS State Policy Database: Civic Education--Civic Knowledge and Literacy - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....

State Policies on Youth Engagement in Policymaking MS Word PDF - This ECS StateNote examines results of a 50-state review of state policies that encourage student involvement in decisionmaking and policymaking. While many institutions of higher education, districts and schools have similar policies, this review was limited to identifying those opportunities codified at the state level in state statute and administrative code. (Judy English, Jennifer Piscatelli, Ann Rautio and Hillary Whitten, Education Commission of the States, June 2008)...

Citizenship Education Policy Brief PDF - This policy brief reviews current data and recent state action in support of citizenship education. It highlights eight states’ standards which go beyond the teaching of knowledge and extend to skills and dispositions, analyzes common characteristics of state standards and concludes with questions for policymakers. (Tiffani Lennon, Education Commission of the States, October 2006)...

Youth Legislative Engagement Initiative: An Overview of Effective Strategies to Design, Implement and Sustain Youth Legislative Initiatives PDF - The nation faces a youth citizenry that is disengaged and lacks the necessary knowledge, skills and dispositions to participate in and carry out their civic duties. This ECS policy brief summarizes the state-level goals and accomplishments of the Youth Legislative Engagement project. Recommendations build cooperation between state legislators and students to enable students to develop civic competencies to contribute to our democracy now and in the future. (Tiffani Lennon, Education Commission of the States, July 2006)...

State Policies for Citizenship Education Database - This database contains information about the state policies that support citizenship education in all 50 states. (Education Commission of the States)...

NCSL's Civic Education Legislation Database - This database offers details on recent and pending civic education legislation from the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) Trust for Representative Democracy....