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Faculty from the Graduate School of Education and the School of Public Policy at UC Riverside were awarded a highly competitive, $2 million grant from the Institute of Education Sciences, or IES. The project is a new collaboration between education and policy faculty, who will develop and test a social studies curriculum module that will give high school seniors an opportunity to meet with their member of Congress and then to reflect on that event through analytical writing. The project enables students to study a pressing issue - one that policymakers at the national level are grappling with - and then discuss that issue with their sitting member of Congress through an online deliberative town hall.
Leadership in Democracy Cohort 2021 Announced
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CHICAGO, Jan. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Robert R. McCormick Foundation, GCR Consulting and the Executive Service Corps are launching the second cohort of the Leadership in Democracy Program in late January 2021. The Program strives to develop high-capacity civic leaders, representative of the communities they serve, who invite constituent participation and advocate for and implement inclusive policies.
Leadership in Democracy 2021 Program of Robert R. McCormick Foundation and the Executive Service Corps We are thrilled to expand our program through partnerships with Executive Service Corps with one-on-one coaching from seasoned executives, GCR Consulting to develop a shared cohort learning experience, and the Managing to Change the World training through the Management Center to further support capacity-building with our leaders, said Sonia Mathew, program officer at the
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