Recognition Process

Democracy Schools Recognition Process

Illinois Civics Hub (ICH) at the DuPage Regional Office of Education is excited to be the new home of the Democracy School Initiative through generous funding from the Robert R. McCormick Foundation.  The ICH is committed to building on the work begun by the Constitutional Rights Foundation of Chicago, with the recognition of 4 schools in 2006, and then expanded, to over 70 schools, under that stewardship of the Democracy Program at the Robert R. McCormick Foundation. 

We are working with our research Practice partners at the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University, as well as a diverse panel of stakeholders in the Land of Lincoln, to update our Democracy Schools model to create a K-12 district model to support civic learning across the school system.  The new model will debut in the fall of 2024.