​Growing Voters Commitment: A Promise from School and District Administrators in K-12

I hereby recognize:

1. the responsibility of schools to offer students an education which holistically prepares them to be active and engaged members of their communities, and
2. that an integral part of growing lifelong civic participants and voters involves teaching young people explicitly about elections and voting. 

Given such, I commit to providing my teachers, staff, and students the leadership and support to facilitate and/or engage in these important elections- and voting-related learning opportunities, including some or all of the following:

• Widespread voter registration or pre-registration,
• In-class (or homework) content related to elections or voting, 
• Media literacy skill development embedded within elections and voting topics,
• Classroom discussion, with a commitment to creating space for all voices and for disagreement,
• Action Civics and other experiential learning, and
• Teacher support and resources. 

I acknowledge, too, the uncertainty and anxiety that teachers may experience facilitating discussion of current events and potentially controversial issues in the classroom. I believe those conversations are important, and I pledge my leadership, coaching, and support to teachers in engaging students in learning about elections and voting. 
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Our students deserve to be informed about elections and voting. Our democracy’s future demands it.

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