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Managers go the distance for civic education l~ock do,Iv at ~he cheeO' cover of t. ocal ~ ~ find a ~ou~ an ~ ~ a ~hn~, ~ a~ ~m~ ~ ~ ~ ~d ~ l~b like a NC Ci~ ~ ~nW M~t ~don ~j~ dm~ ~ ~m ~de~ a~t Tnt H~ ~l O~ in N~ ~ is a ~k suppl~mq dm~ at h~ ~1 s~den~, ~d ~ of a ~m~e~l~ I~l ~mme~t ~u~Uon p~m. ~ it and ~ ~J.~ a ~ N~ ~ina Is s~ and what tt d~ ~ d~. ~ ~s in just 136 ~ l~ing a ~ and ind~ ~e ~' ~aflon ~n ~e p~m In ~e h~ 19~ ~r dim ~blic ~1 ~m ~out ~ a mdlmen~w und~ndlng ofl~l ~ ~ in~ and ~nd a mpplement ~uld ~ ~e qul&~t means ~ ~t in~on into ~e c~s~ms. And ~ ~at ~uld ~ qui~ time m ~s~, ~, ~q ~bli& and d~bu~ m dass~ms. Oh ~, and mon~, a ~nsid~bte amount of mon~. No~e of~at dc~ ~e man- a~. To ~ s~, ~e ~s~a~on ~n~n~ ~e ~e and ~e NC ~s~ia~on of CounW ~mmi~ sion~ ~ p~de an initial ~nding~ along ~ what ~e mann.ts~ ~up ~em~l~ had. ~ ~ment emphasizing ~ dries an~ ~ a~ ~e ~ day li~ of student. ~e ~d~ ~uld s~ un~ ~e ~k ~ To ~ ~e ~k supple- menq ~e mana~ ~11~ on Dr. Go'on ~m~, ~en a pm~sor of ~liU~l ~en~ and di~t of · e mas~ffs of public admi~is~on pm~m at UNGCha~I Hill. His' d~p ~mmi~ent m I~ ~m- merit in No~ Carolina is ~- dented bv d~e fact chat he rook no fee for writing this ~ ~. ~m~r Is n~ on ~e ~l~ of~e Ins~ of ~m~t at ~a~ H~. one ~ ~e ~k m ~ ~e drafts ~t and ~r trm ~ ~n~, ~e fl~t printing of~l G~t tn N~ ~ mll~ ~ and ~ ~, a n~t ~t ~ and d~lopment N~, mo~ ~n a ~de ~, ~e pm~ has ~1~, e~nd~ and ~e Ci~c ~u~fion ~n~um, a ~lizing ~c ~u~on In our. public summ~ ~r~hops ~r ~&e~ how m ~& [~1 ~mm~t and d~[oping ~1 ~mment ship pto~ms ~r ~me el~ oflc~ls m~ not ~n ~ a~m ~at ~e mana~rs' ~up i~ tn~l~ In ~is rusk. But it ~fion pwject ~ing. b unusual We h~ all s~n siasm for a ~u~ ~m out a~ a ~ shun ~m. But &e mana~ts r~lize ~at su~ess~l ~u~fing d~ a~ut l~ ~rnment is a long-~uL And all of us ~hou[d be ~. ~e ali ~ve a s~ke in ~e suc- c~s of~is ~c eduction The NC City and County Management Assoclatica Civic Education Project · Video - Local Govemmen~ IFs All Around Us (1 ggo) Dlsbibuted free-of-charge to all NO public schools. · Texlbook Supplement with Teachers Guide - Local Govern- meal in 8orth Carolina by Gordon P. Whitaker (1 gg3, iirst pdnUng). MoFe lllan 100,000 copies disbibui[ed free-oLcharge lo 811 NO public ,schools. · llmuontary School Lesson Plans (on NO local gaverm ment developed by leachers) - Distributed in 1 gg7 free-of-charge to nearly 1300 NO public elementary schools. · Newsletter for teachers - Local Govemmcat Resources Began in 1995 and sent to social studies teachers. · Website - vnm,v,ncmacaga's,org/tcac#ero - Includes online vemion of Local Government in North Carolina, which can be downloaded, lesson plans, newspaper articles about local government and links. · Founding partner in Civic EducaUon Consortium, a statewide oF ganizatJon working to revitalize civic education in grades kJnde~ garten through 12 grade (not just local government education, but all forms of civic education). Reprinted with permission of NCLM.