This fall, as millions of students return to school and America approaches its 250 th birthday, something troubling is happening in classrooms across the country. Our civics teachers are going silent.

Second Civic Leadership Academy event focused on teaching community members and IUSB students how to spot misinformation and what to do about it.

Even some of the most experienced civics teachers are avoiding certain topics in the classroom amid the current political climate, worried about courting controversy, according to a new, small survey ...

Teachers have taught through two impeachments, several contentious presidential elections, the rise in online misinformation, a pandemic, a racial reckoning that launched nationwide protest movements, ...

Just months ahead of the nation’s 250th birthday and days after the killing of conservative advocate Charlie Kirk, major funders on Monday announced an investment of more than $56 million in civic ...

Each September, we celebrate Constitution Day, honoring the document that defines our government and secures our rights. But constitutions don’t defend themselves. They work only when citizens ...

Matt Reed’s recent column in Inside Higher Ed captures a profound challenge: how to teach American Government in a moment when so many students arrive in the classroom deeply skeptical of politics and ...

Last spring, Massachusetts eighth-graders took the state’s first ever civics MCAS exam, finally setting a benchmark for ...

Donald Trump and his administration are tapping a bevy of far-right organizations notorious for whitewashing American history to help plan next year’s celebrations of the nation’s 250th birthday. On ...

The timing couldn’t be better for the release of new digital lessons, and videos, for New Hampshire students on civics education. With the work and support of the New Hampshire Civics Commission, the ...

NEW HOPE, PA — As the nation approaches the 250th anniversary of its founding, civic engagement is at an all-time low. Educators and former lawmakers testified before the House Majority Policy ...