Workable Peace is a secondary school curriculum that focuses on integrating the study of intergroup conflict and learning about civil and social skills into social studies and humanities classes (Consensus Building Institute, 2011). Workable Peace was brought about by the Consensus Building Institute (CBI) and the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. There are seven Workable Peace curriculum units, which have been used by middle schools and high schools across the country [as well as internationally and in postsecondary institutions]. There are seven Workable Peace curriculum units, which include the following: Civil Rights and School Integration in the United States, Managing Conflict in the Middle East, The Rise of Organized Labor in the United States, Religion and Nationalism in Northern Ireland (which is perfect for the purpose of this website!), Indigenous Rights and the Environment in Latin America, Ethnic Conflict and Genocide in Post-Colonial Africa, and Ancient Greece and the Peloponnesian War. More information on Workable Peace can be viewed in the video clip below and online at http://www.cbuilding.org/.
The Center for Positive Practices (CPP) provides research and evaluation services that concentrate on: data gathering, data analysis, findings and recommendations, and standards and ethics (The Center for Positive Practices). The goals for any individual research and evaluation study are centered on asessing for continuous improvement and evaluating processes, outcomes, and impacts. The effects of any project as outlined on the Center for Positive Practices website (http://www.positivepractices.com/research-and-evaluation-services.html#Overview) include the following: improved learning, behavior or performance, beliefs and principles, buy-in and adoption or support of the target audience or stakeholders, systematic processes, resource allocations, dissemination and policy formation, building theories or models, levels of scale and sustainability, or any combination of these as required by a given project. Certainly, the Center stands for all elements of peace education which are in the video clip below.