Center for Civic Education
Robert S. Leming has extensive work experience in the field of civic education and constitutional law consulting. Robert S. served as the Director of We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution at the Center for Civic Education since 1998. Prior to that, they were the Co-Director at CIVITAS: An International Civic Education Exchange from 1995 to 1998. Robert S. also worked as a Project PEACE Mediation Consultant for the Indiana Attorney General and the Indiana State Bar Association from 1993 to 1998. From 1991 to 1998, Leming served as a Constitutional Law Consultant for the Oklahoma Bar Association. Robert S. held the position of Director at the Indiana Program for Law-Related Education from 1988 to 1998. Before that, they worked as an Adult Education Teacher at the Monroe County Jail from 1984 to 1998. In addition, Leming worked as a Constitutional law consultant for the Agency for Instructional Technology from 1995 to 1997 and for the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1992 to 1993, specifically on the Committee on the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights. Robert S. also served as the Indiana State Coordinator from 1992 to 1993. Leming's work experience also includes being a Constitutional Law consultant for The Children's Museum of Indianapolis from 1991 to 1992.
Robert S. Leming began their education at General H. H. Arnold High School, where they obtained their high school diploma from 1969 to 1972. Robert S. then attended Indiana University Bloomington, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from 1973 to 1977. Following this, Leming pursued further studies at Indiana University Bloomington and completed a Master of Science degree in Social Studies Education from 1983 to 1984. Robert S. continued their educational journey at the same institution, obtaining an Educational Specialist degree in Curriculum and Instruction from 1986 to 1998.
Center for Civic Education
The Center for Civic Education is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization based in Los Angeles. The mission of the Center is to promote an enlightened and responsible citizenry committed to democratic principles and actively engaged in the practice of democracy in the United States and other countries. The Center’s programs are implemented with the assistance of a network of public- and private-sector organizations and educational leaders in every state and congressional district in the country and in more than eighty other countries, many of which are emerging democracies. The Center’s work has been the subject of numerous books, studies, and professional articles, including Professor Brian Schultz’s "Spectacular Things Happen Along the Way," as well as two documentary films, including the award-winning feature The World We Want. The Center began as an interdisciplinary Committee on Civic Education formed at the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1964 to develop more effective curricular programs in elementary and secondary civic education. In 1969, the Center became affiliated with the State Bar of California. In 1981, the State Bar of California established the Center for Civic Education as an independent nonprofit organization. The Center's main programs are We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution, Project Citizen, and Foundations of Democracy. Independent research has found them to be the most effective programs in the field of civics and government.