Sunlight Foundation

Department of Education-84.304 Civic Education - We the People and the Cooperative Education Exchange Program

This program supports the international Cooperative Civic Education and Economic Education Exchange Program (CCEEEEP). The CCEEEEP objectives are: (1) to make available to educators from eligible countries exemplary curricula and teacher training programs in civics and government education, and economics education; (2) to assist eligible countries in the adaptation, implementation, and institutionalization of such programs; (3) to create and implement civics, government, and economic education programs for students that draw upon the experiences of participating eligible countries; (4) to provide a means for the exchange of ideas and experiences in civics, government, and economic education among political, educational, governmental, and private sector leaders of participating eligible countries; and (5) to provide support for--(a) independent research and evaluation to determine the effects of educational programs on students' development of the knowledge, skills, and traits of character essential for the preservation and improvement of constitutional democracy; and (b) effective participation in, and the preservation and improvement of, an efficient market economy. Civic Education also supports the domestic We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution progra... read more at CFDA.gov.

• 2008: $11,861,000
• 2009: $33,459,000
• 2010: $35,000,000