POSC 323/420: Civic Engagement and Leadership / Penny Harvest Practicum: Selected Resources on Civic Engagement

Listed below is a short bibliography of resources on children and participation in civic engagement and community service opportunities.

• 12 Lessons Learned from Children's Participation in the UN General Assembly Special Session on Children. [Save the Children's Child Participation Working Group, United Nations, 2004]

• Authentic Youth Civic Engagement: A Guide for Municipal Leaders. [Institute for Youth, Education, and Families (YEF Institute), National League of Cities, 2010]

• Building a Culture of Participation: Involving Children and Young People in Policy, Service Planning, Delivery, and Evaluation–Handbook [Kirby, Perpetua et al, National Children's Bureau, Department for Education and Skills, Nottingham, UK, 2003]

• Children and Young People as Citizens, Partners for Social Change, Exploring Concepts. [O'Kane, Claire, Save the Children South and Central Asia Region. Nepal, 2003].

• Civic and Political Engagement of America’s Youth: A Report from the Tisch College “National Survey of Civic and Political Engagement of Young People [Kent E. Portney and Lisa O’Leary. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service. Tufts University, February 15, 2007]

• Civic Engagement in California: Why Do We Lag? [James E. Prieger and Kelly M. Faltis. Pepperdine School of Public Policy Working Paper Series, MArch 29, 2012].

• Civic Life Online: Learning How Digital Media can Engage Youth [e-book]. [W. Lance Bennett. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning. MIT Press, 2008]

• Core Competencies in Civic Engagement: A Working Paper in the Center for Engaged Democracy's Policy Papers Series. [Leila Brammer, Center for Engaged Democracy, Merrimack College, n.d.]

• Educating for Active Citizenship: Service Learning, School-Based Service, and Civic Engagement [Kimberly Spring, Nathan Dietz, and Robert Grimm, Jr. Corporation for National and Community Service. Brief 2 in the Youth Helping America Series. Washington, DC. March 2006]

• Educating for Democracy: The California Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools. The California Survey of Civic Education. [California Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools, 2005]

• Opening Minds, Opening Up Opportunities: Children's Participation in Action for Working Children. [Black, Maggie,  International Save the Children Alliance, March 2004]

• Operations Manual on Children's Participation at Consultations [Inter-Agency Group on Children's Participation. Bangkok, 2007]

• Promoting Children's Participation in Democractic Decision-Making [Landsdown, Gerison, UNICEF, 2001]

• Results-Based Public Policy Strategies for Promoting Youth Civic Engagement. [Center for the Study of Social Policy, 2011]

• So You Want to Consult with Children?: A Toolkit of Good Practice. [Child Participation Working Group, International Save the Children Alliance, November 2003]

• Young Entrepreneural Meetups near Los Angeles -- a Meetups resource page focused on building a community network connecting youth and various local groups.

• Youth Civic Engagement: Annotated Bibliography. [Jennifer L. O'Donoghue, John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities, Stanford University, February 2003]

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

• FindYouthInfo.gov
• Corporation for National and Community Service [formerly the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation]
• Department of Education, Education Resource Directory

CALIFORNIA

• California List of Educational Organizations
• California Association of School Administrators

ORGANIZATIONS

• American Association of School Administrators
• Annenberg Institute for School Reform
• Association for Experiential Education
• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
• Association of Leadership Educators
• Boojum Institute for Experiential Education
• Center for Civic Education
• Center for Supportive Schools
• CIRCLE (The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement)
• Civic Engagement Research Group
• Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparedness
• Council of Chief State School Officers
• Education Commission of the States
• Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE)
• Institute for Educational Leadership
• National Association of Elementary School Principals
• National Association of Secondary School Principals
• National Center for Learning and Civic Engagement (NCLCE)
• National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST)
• National Civic League
• National Parent Teacher Association
• National School Boards Association
• National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
• National Youth Leadership Council
• Project Appleseed: the National Campaign for Public School Improvement
• School Superintendents Association
• Society for Organizational Learning

Resource Databases

Gale Directory Library -- online resource that allows you to search a variety of directories by name or keyword, including research centers and institutes, broadcast media, associations, non-profit organizations, and government agencies. This is an excellent resource for identifying local, state, and national organizations devoted to researching or supporting civic engagement.

State Education Policy Center -- a database of state policies related to education and technology that is intended to provide up-to-date information regarding select technology-related education policies and practices to inform school reform and improvement efforts.