In April, 40 education groups, including ASCD, launched a 10-year campaign to integrate "civil education" into the heart of U.S. education. The object of this Partnering Initiative is to pool the many individual efforts taking place in service learning, character education, and citizen education into a coordinated campaign, at both the grass roots and national levels. To learn more about the Partnering Initiative, write to Don Ernst, Government Relations Director, ASCD, 1250 N. Pitt St., Alexandria, VA 22314-1453 USA, or send e-mail to dernst@ascd.org