Sentences with phrase «civic participation provides»
More broadly, Harvard University professor Robert Putnam's research on civic participation provides reason to think that private schools should be better able to deliver civic education than are public schools.
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The NYIC aims to achieve a fairer and more just society that values the contributions of immigrants and extends opportunity to all by promoting immigrants» full civic participation, fostering their leadership, and providing a unified voice and a vehicle for collective action for New York's diverse immigrant communities.
Automatically registering eligible voters encourages civic participation, and provides a vehicle for state agencies to efficiently transfer voter registration information to the Board of Elections.
AEC's research tell us that providing young people with a positive experience of democracy in a school setting can set them up for a lifetime of civic participation.
CCSA Advocates engages in efforts to provide education and resources to support more charter schools to increase civic participation on their campuses, including youth civic engagement.
The articles that follow provide concrete, detailed lessons from research and best practice about how to make afterschool and summer programming more effective in a number of key areas that help young people to be more successful in school and to graduate from high school — the first rung in the ladder leading to full participation in 21st century economic and civic life.
About Facing History and Ourselves Cleveland Since the Cleveland office was established in 1999, Facing History has provided more than 2,266 educators with programs and resources that connect the study of history to lessons about tolerance, respect, and civic participation today.
We make concrete recommendations on how the validation process can be strengthened by providing guidelines and rules to improve civic participation and the transparency and quality of CDM projects.
The Index provides global insights on open government, aggregate country rankings, country profiles, and scores on four dimensions of government openness: publicized laws and government data, right to information, civic participation, and complaint mechanisms.
The NYIC promotes immigrants» full civic participation, fosters their leadership, and provides a unified voice and a vehicle for collective action for New York's diverse immigrant communities.