Mapping Student Action Across Massachusetts
Place-based, data-backed, and fully public.
Civics projects have always happened in Massachusetts classrooms. For the first time, The Civic Atlas will give them a public home, organized by place, grounded in data, and connected to the communities that made them possible.
THE INITIATIVE
What is The Civic Atlas?
The Civic Atlas was born from a simple conviction: students who know how to find, question, and use data are students who can participate in democracy with confidence. Built through a partnership between Gamepossible Learning and Performant Software Solutions, it pairs rigorous data literacy curriculum with a place-based platform that asks students to uncover the communities they live in. The result is something more than a school project — it is a data-backed story about a real place, told by the people who know it best, and made available for everyone to see. When students root their civic work in real evidence and share it with the communities that inspired it, something powerful happens: the work stops being an assignment and starts being a contribution.
Why It Matters.
Students are already investigating issues in their communities. The Civic Atlas ensures their work becomes visible, meaningful, and part of a growing archive of civic learning.The Civic Atlas combines data literacy, civic inquiry, and place-based project learning to help students explore community issues and share the impact of their civic work.
WHERE WE ARE
The Atlas is fully searchable by town, region, school district, or civic issue. For the first time, the civic work of Massachusetts students will be truly visible, documented, and impossible to ignore.
Pilot in Progress
The Civic Atlas is currently in its active pilot phase, with students using the platform, entering real project data, and experiencing what it means to do civics work that counts. We are gathering data, iterating on the curriculum, and building toward a full statewide launch in fall of 2026. The full launch will include expanded curriculum offerings, a public-facing showcase, and onboarding support for new districts.
If you are an educator, administrator, or potential district partner, now is the time to get in the loop. Early adopter districts will have direct input into how the platform and curriculum develop.
CURRICULUM SUITE
Built for Real Classrooms.
Launching Fall 2026.
The Civic Atlas is more than a platform. It is a curriculum ecosystem. Each offering is inquiry-driven, play-based or project-based, and designed to meet students where they are. All activities build the data literacy and civic reasoning skills students need to participate meaningfully in democracy.
The Civics Atlas Platform
Digital Literacy Curriculum
Workshops and Professional Learning
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Explore Our Guides
Whether you are making the case for data literacy in your district, bringing a proposal to a school board, or simply want the full picture of what The Civic Atlas does and why it matters, these three guides have everything you need.
Data Literacy Is Not Optional. It's the Survival Skill of the Information Age.
Why we must teach data literacy: the urgency, the evidence, and the skills students deserve. For administrators, school boards, and community.
Civics Projects With Purpose: Why Data Literacy Must Be at the Heart of Every Project.
The intentionality behind embedding data literacy into civics work, with a step-by-step look at how it works in practice, and why it changes outcomes.
The Civic Atlas: Place-based Repository of Student Civic Action.
The full picture of what The Civic Atlas does, how it teaches data literacy and good citizenship, and why it matters for every district in the nation.
GET INVOLVED
Help Us Map What Students Can Do.
Whether you are ready to bring The Civic Atlas to your district or just want to follow along as we build, we want to hear from you! Early adopter districts will have a real seat at the table as the platform and curriculum develop. We also want to connect with educators interested in our broader curriculum work - inquiry-driven, play-based learning designed to make social studies come alive.
The Civic Atlas is a gamepossible learning initiative. We build play-based, inquiry-driven curriculum that puts learners in the middle of their own learning experience. Visit us at gamepossible.org to explore our work.
gamepossible learning is a non-profit organization (EIN: 99-1893703) established under the 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.