Our Mission

Civic Ed Project promotes youth civic engagement through educational programs and curricula that provide teens with the knowledge and skills they need to actively participate in the civic life of their community.  We achieve this goal by working collaboratively with high school students, teachers, and administrators, as well as school districts, colleges, law schools, courts, community- based organizations, youth groups, and other educational non-profits.

Current Projects

Youth Justice Center

Civic Ed Project is currently developing plans for an innovative Youth Justice Center that will train high school students to use the principals and practices of Restorative Justice to promote positive school climate.  The center will build on the RJ work we have done for the last two years with students at Social Justice Academy.  Read more

Law & Justice Pathway

In February 2009, we began working with the Education Development Center (EDC), a worldwide leader in education, on the design of a 4-year Law & Justice Pathway for law-themed high schools.  The project includes development of a 9th grade course, Foundations in Law, and a 10th grade course, Foundations in Criminal Justice.  Read more

Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project

Founded in 1999, the Marshall-Brennan Project sends trained law students into high school classrooms to teach constitutional law using Supreme Court cases involving student rights issues.  In fall 2007, Civic Ed Project launched an M-B Project at Northeastern University School of Law, which has hosted five local moot court competitions.  Read more

Campaign for Civics

Since Fall 2007, Civic Ed Project has supported a youth-led campaign to bring back civics as a high school graduation requirement in the City of Boston.  In summer 2008, CEP was hired by the Boston Public Schools to help design a new high school civics course in collaboration with youth organizers from the Hyde Square Task Force.  Read more

Bill of Rights Day Program

CEP runs a Bill of Rights Day Program to celebrate the anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights on December 15, 1791.  The program sends trained lawyers into high schools to run a moot court exercise exploring the First Amendment rights of students.  Read more