Civics & History Inquiry Partnership

The Civics and History Inquiry Partnership (CHIP) is dedicated to supporting educators in implementing high-quality, inquiry-based instruction in K-12 civics and history. We are fiscally sponsored by Goodnation Foundation and a member of Partners in Democracy Group (PiD), a non-profit based in Massachusetts working to drive democracy renovation nationally by working at the state level. PiD Group champions holistic, ambitious, and strategic agendas for change — leading to sustained progress for democracy. Civic education is the foundational layer to that progress to sustaining a healthy constitutional democracy.

The organization’s biggest program to date in the K-12 space, DKP Launch, has been focused on supporting Massachusetts schools using Civic Engagement in Our Democracy (CEiOD), an 8th grade civics curriculum developed by the Democratic Knowledge Project at Harvard University. The Civics and History Inquiry Partnership will now expand starting in summer 2025 to grades 5-7 with the Investigating History implementation curriculum support program, Investigating History Magnify. Investigating History was developed by the MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.