A recent Fox News survey found that 70% of voters believe there is a need for more civics education. It stands to reason as fewer than one-quarter of US eighth graders performed at or above ...

A common refrain today is, “We need to teach civics in our schools.” I can’t argue that point. Do we teach civics? Where and how? I have strong feelings about this topic, but I needed to get some ...

Elizabeth Metts is a 9th grade history teacher, team leader and teaching fellow mentor at Excel Academy Charter High School ...

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 ...

Kara Cisco wants her students to deliberate. Each week in her 9th grade civics class in a suburb of Minneapolis, the educator guides students through differing ideas of American government. Whether it ...

Every September, the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg Public Policy Center releases survey results of Americans’ civic knowledge and every year those results are deeply depressing. Too many ...

When Gary West taught elementary school social studies two decades ago in a suburb of San Antonio, he wasn’t afraid to take his lessons beyond the bounds of the textbook. West wasn’t told to steer ...

Sunlight begins to hit the dome of the U.S. Capitol on the morning of Jan. 17, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Samuel Corum Getty Images/TNS We have all seen the ubiquitous “man on the street” interviews ...

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 ...

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 ...

DENVER — The state competition for the National Civics Bee puts Colorado middle schoolers in a live quiz event to answer questions from judges to test their civic knowledge. The Colorado Chamber of ...