New civic health data for the state of Ohio, as well as the cities of Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati.
A 2011 report on the state of civic health in the state of Pennsylvania.
A 2011 report on the state of civic health in the state of Kentucky. Partners are the Institute for Citizenship and Social Responsibility at Western Kentucky University, the McConnell Center, Kentucky Advocates for Civic Education, and the Kentucky Office of the Secretary of State.
A 2011 report on the state of civic health in Massachusetts. Produced in a partnership between NCoC and the Harvard University Institute of Politics.
A 2011 report on the state of civic health in Florida. The findings note state-wide and demographic trends, with a specific focus on the Millennial generation.
On December 12th, NCoC and the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) released Volunteering and Civic Life in America, providing national, state, city and geographic data on the ways in which Americans are engaged in their communities. Some findings show great promise—the national volunteer rate reached a five-year high and there are upward trends in the rates at which Americans help each other informally, by looking after one another’s kids or helping a neighbor in need. Other findings, however, show critical room for improvement. Over the next several weeks, NCoC will highlight some of the key findings of the 2012 report.
In December, the National Constitution Center and the National Conference on Citizenship released the Pennsylvania Civic Health Index. The report celebrates certain areas where our state is healthy, but and makes clear that there are other areas where there is much room for improvement.
As we begin a New Year, I ask that we reflect on what each of us can do to improve our civic health and the civic health of the next generation, thereby insuring that the youth of Pennsylvania have the knowledge, skills and dispositions to be effective citizens.
Zocalo Public Square October 25, 2011 The New Economic Realities Will Change Our Relationship to Government—Maybe For the Better by David B. Smith and Pete Peterson The sun–washed Polihale State Beach Park in Kauai seems an unlikely place to see…
Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry writes about the state’s first-ever Civic Health Index findings.
San Diego Union Tribune January 28, 2011 By ALEXANDER HEFFNER Friday, January 28, 2011 at midnight One government failure and apathetic citizen at a time, civic illiteracy is eroding the Golden State. That’s the forecast for California, according to data…
Last week, Hamilton kicked off a project to assess the “civic health” of Hoosiers. He and the staff of the National Conference on Citizenship will spend the next five months studying the civic involvement of people in Indiana.
Peter Levine, Huffington Post September 18, 2011 Since 2006, unemployment has risen by 10 points in Nevada but just one point in North Dakota. Such differences matter deeply for people’s lives, and we need to understand the underlying reasons. The…