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The James Madison Legacy Project is a three-year nationwide initiative of the Center for Civic Education that aims to (1) increase the number of highly effective teachers of high-need students through the professional development of 2,025 teachers, (2) increase the achievement of at least 202,500 students in attaining state standards in civics and government, (3) serve the self-identified professional development needs of a minimum of more than 500 participating schools with significant concentrations of high-need students throughout the United States, and (4) evaluate the relative effectiveness of the Center’s research-validated traditional We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution professional development model enhanced with online resources and a new blended-learning variation of the traditional model that also uses online resources. 
To find out about project activities and professional development opportunities in your state, click the map.  James Madison Legacy Project Online Platform The Center has developed an online professional development platform for participants in the James Madison Legacy Project. On the platform, teachers, mentors, and coordinators can access professional learning communities and use discussion forums to exchange ideas and experiences. James Madison Legacy Project Online Course The Center is currently developing an online professional development course for teachers of civics and government. The course features videos of scholars providing in-depth explanations of the ideas contained in each unit of the We the People: The Citizen & the Constitution curriculum. These videos are accompanied by interactive online exercises and forums. The course is currently not open to the public during the initial development phase of the project. Registered users can access the videos through the online platform. Research Georgetown University’s independent research on the first cohort of 649 teachers demonstrates the program’s positive professional development outcomes. More information on program research is available at jmlpresearch.org. American Governance This collection of articles from American Governance contains twenty-five entries that were designed exclusively for teachers participating in the James Madison Legacy Project administered by the Center for Civic Education. The entries in this package provide an in-depth analysis of key concepts associated with each unit of We the People: The Citizen & the Constitution (Level 3). The entries include concepts associated with each unit. Each article offers a bibliography and cross-references to guide the reader to related subjects. The collection appears here by kind permission of Cengage Learning. |
