The report partners acknowledge and thank the following:

The Carnegie Corporation of New York , Carnegie President Vartan Gregorian , and the Director of the Carnegie Corporation's Program on U.S. Democracy and Special Opportunities Fund, Geri Mannion, for funding and publishing the 2003 Civic Mission of Schools report and providing unwavering support of the civic mission of schools and democracy in the United States and around the world.

Peter Levine and Cynthia Gibson, coordinators and editors of the 2003 Civic Mission of Schools report on whose brilliantly laid foundation this new work rests.

Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools National Advisory Committee Co–Chairs, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and Congressman Lee Hamilton .

The authors of “Civic Common Sense: A Case Statement for Civic Learning”: John Bridgeland, Les Francis, Michael Gerson, and Mike McCurry.

The subject matter experts who have shared their vast expertise through papers prepared for this report: Nelda Brown, Mabel McKinney–Browning, Teri Dary, David Eisner, Jon Gould, Susan Griffin, Diana Hess, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Peter Levine, Meira Levinson, Terry Pickeral, Judith Torney–Purta, Beth Ratway, Scott Roberts, Jeff Sherrill, Beth Specker, and David B. Smith.

Participants in the March 2011 Civic Innovators Forum on Civic Learning for thoughtful review and creation of the recommendations listed in this report.

The “Civics 11” report advisory committee: Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools— Mabel McKinney–Browning, Les Francis, Jon Gould, Susan Griffin, Ted McConnell ; National Conference on Citizenship— Michael Weiser, John Bridgeland, David B. Smith, Kristen Cambell ; Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement— Peter Levine, Cynthia Gibson .

The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands and its president, Geoffrey Cowan , for underwriting the Civic Innovators Forum where the recommendations contained in this report were developed.

The Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools and National Conference on Citizenship wish to thank the Leonore Annenberg Institute for Civics at the Annenberg Public Policy Center and the Center's Director, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, for their invaluable support and vision, which brought about this report.

The Robert R. McCormick Foundation and its president, David Hiller, for assistance in promoting this report before the widest audience possible.

The American Bar Association Division for Public Education and its director, Mabel McKinney–Browning, for their support of this report.

Jonathan Gould, for his superb work as editor of this report.