The mission of the jack miller center for teaching americas founding principles and history, inc. (a nonprofit organization) (hereinafter referred to as the organization) is to reinvigorate education in americas founding principles and history. The organization works to advance the teaching and study of americas history, its political and economic institutions, and the central principles, ideas and issues arising from the american and western traditions. The organization focuses on three pillars: growing the talent pipeline of professors and scholars dedicated to the teaching and study of america's founding principles and history, transforming the model for graduate education and professional development of k-12 civics and history teachers, and building collaboration among civics organizations, funders, and civil society leaders to strengthen civics efforts around the nation.
The jack miller center is a nonpartisan nonprofit dedicated to reinvigorating the teaching of america's founding principles and history. Through its work with a national network of scholars and partner institutions, the center supports civics and history educators at every level and strengthens the broader national civics movement. The center strengthened the talent pipeline of academic scholars through syllabus and publishing workshops, mentorship programs, leadership training, and campus center-building support. Programs included a new american historian conference, the 2025 jack miller fellowship for 24 scholars, a directors summit for 50 leaders of university civics centers, and 64 america 250 and constitution day programs for students led by scholars in its network. For k-12 civics and history educators, the center orchestrated 66 scholar-led professional development programs and graduate courses reaching 1,100 teachers, conducted its yearlong american civic tradition fellowship for 15 teachers, and grew its consortium of universities offering subject-focused graduate courses to 13 institutions. For community college faculty, the center conducted seminars in new york city, los angeles, and miami on building courses grounded in primary source texts. To grow the national civics movement, the center also published a civics magazine with essays from influential leaders, produced 24 scholar interviews promoting their scholarship, publicized more than 140 opportunities for scholars, and partnered with 95 organizations and institutions to amplify shared efforts.