A letter from then program officer at the Carnegie Corporation, Cynthia Gibson, and CIRCLE Director Peter Levine advocating for civics education as an essential obligation of public education. Earlier, Gibson and Levine had coordinated their organizations to publish the Civic Mission of Schools (CMS) report. Written by 60 authors, the report is probably best known for presenting evidence in favor of “six promising practices” for civic education in schools.

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