our program areas

Citizens and Public Choice
What increases the chances that the choices people make about public issues will be wise choices?

Community Politics and Leadership
How can citizens work together more effectively to solve community problems?

The Public and Public Schools
What is the nature of the growing disconnect between citizens and the public schools? What practices can restore ownership of public schools to the communities in which they are charged to work?

Institutions, Professionals, and the Public
What is the nature of the disconnect between the public and its institutions?

The Public-Government Relationship
How can citizens and officeholders relate more productively in addressing major policy changes?

The International and the Civil
What are we learning from the implementation of the practices of democracy in other societies? What are we learning from the implementation of sustained dialogue in other societies?