Ryle reports growth in partner schools and districts
Ryle says partner schools grew from 103 in 2019-2020 to 196 in 2021-2022 before shifting to a district model. She says 35 of 45 districts now participate in the Civics for All Partner District Program.
At its start, the long-term plan was to build those school-based partnerships until we had enough participation to shift to a district-based model.
In our first full year, 2019-2020, we had 103 partner schools.
That number saw a small dip to 96 in 2020-2021, while schools faced the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic, before rebounding to 196 partner schools.
in 2021-2022.
That was also the year when the superintendents of District 25 and 26 decided that they wanted all of their schools to be partner schools after experiencing the positive impact of Civics for All during the pandemic.
From 2022 to 2023, we continued to support individual partner schools while bringing on additional districts before shifting to a full partner district model in 2024-2025.
Currently, 35 of New York City Public Schools'45 districts are part of the Civics for All Partner District Program, with many of the remaining 10 districts in an active building year preparing to join the program.
Each partner district identifies a point person in their district office who is paired with a Civics for All team member, and together they provide direct support toward implementing civics education to the schools in their district.
While this model ensures the capacity needed to provide this direct support, the majority of the 10
non-partner districts have designated district points who work with the Department of Social Studies and Civics more broadly while helping to support social studies and civics work in their district.