Project Community
What is a Control Group Teacher?
Control group teachers are educators who agree to not implement the Project Citizen curriculum during the 2025–2026 academic year. Instead, they continue teaching their regular social studies or civics curriculum as usual. This allows researchers to compare outcomes between students who are exposed to Project Citizen and those who are not, helping us assess the program’s impact on civic engagement and media literacy.
What's Involved?
- Pretests and Posttests: Control teachers and their students complete a pretest and posttest as part of the evaluation process. These tests help measure changes in civic knowledge and attitudes over the course of the school year.
- No Implementation of Project Citizen: To maintain the integrity of the research, control group teachers must not teach or incorporate any part of the Project Citizen curriculum in their classrooms during the program year.
- Compensation: Control group teachers who meet all program requirements will receive a $300 stipend in appreciation of their participation.
Who Can Apply?
You may be eligible to participate if:
- You teach grades 4-8 in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, or Washington
- You serve underserved student populations
Click here to apply to be a Project Community control teacher.
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An underserved student is in one or more of the following subgroups: living in poverty or served by a school with a high concentration of students living in poverty, student of color, member of a federally recognized Indian Tribe, an English learner, student with a disability, disconnected youth, technologically unconnected youth, migrant student, experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity, LGBTQI+ student, in foster care, without documentation or immigration status, pregnant or parenting, impacted by the justice system, or performing significantly below grade level.