WGBH Educational Foundation

U.S. students demonstrate low proficiency in civic knowledge as measured by national assessments, and young people, especially those from historically marginalized communities, may be under-participate in civic life. In this project, the researchers will develop and test Youth Stand Up, a media-rich eighth-grade civic action curriculum intervention in which students analyze video case studies of near-peer civic leaders, research a civic issue in their community, and develop an action plan to...