Other 'What Works' Topics
Civic Engagement
By Jon Zaff, Ph.D. and Erik Michelsen
TABLE 1 TABLE 2 TABLE 3          
Political
Involvement		 Community
Service		 Environmental
Activism		          
 
Experimental Research Studies
Non-Experimental Research Studies
Political Involvement

- Programs that use door-to-door and phone canvassing directed toward youth.

 
 

- Involve youth in voluntary extracurricular participation.

- Engage students in discussions about public policy issues in their communities and teach them about the political process (e.g., Project Citizen).

- Expose students to civics curricula in school.



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