"The second week of March is known as Civic Learning Week, an effort to promote the critical importance of understanding our government." ...

Civics is generally taught in schools from kindergarten through high school; however, many factors, including fewer civics teachers and the topic now becoming controversial, have led to public schools ...

University of Iowa law professor Josephine Gittler has founded the “Alliance for Civic Education of Iowa” to address what she sees as a “very big” problem. “There are many young people here in Iowa ...

Florida middle schoolers demonstrated civic engagement and problem-solving skills at the inaugural National Civics Bee State Finals. Surveys reveal a concerning lack of basic civic literacy among ...

America is celebrating its 250th birthday this year. At a moment when new technologies and other societal changes are reshaping how people access information, make decisions, and participate in civic ...

On Sept. 17, in Washington, D.C., a coalition of more than 40 groups gathered with U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to plan to upgrade civic and history education on the eve of America’s ...

“I know of no country,” historian Alexis de Tocqueville wrote, “where there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America.” In his 1830s work, Democracy in America, ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – Students and teachers are advocating for civics education to get kids involved with local government and community issues. These advocates are requesting a funding increase in the ...

As we celebrate the nation’s quarter-millennium anniversary, civics should be the top item on our national agenda.

In a year when we celebrate our nation’s 250th birthday, we are also contending with deep and disturbing political divisions.