“…, 1994Meehan, 2001;Riley, 1997;Townsend, 1994;Wade & Everett, 1994). Like many well-intended but vague platitudes that school mission statements comprise, expressions of the goal of citizenship education generally are accompanied by neither suggested means for achieving that goal, nor any clear statement of behavioral objectives that would allow teachers to enact the goals or evaluate whether the goals have been achieved (Allen, 2001). Moreover, although stated as the goal of schooling in general, often no one has the specific task of carrying out this goal.…”