A bill in the Tennessee General Assembly would require prospective teachers to pass a civics exam as part of their licensing ...

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 ...

For many years Keys Fillauer, recently retired Oak Ridge Board of Education chairman, co-taught a blend of civics and personal finance as a popular one-year course for Oak Ridge ninth-grade students.

Civics education is the study of the theoretical, political and practical aspects of citizenship, as well as its rights and duties. It is a study we should embrace with enthusiasm. Unfortunately, the ...

A student checks a classmate's test during an American government class at the University of South Carolina Beaufort in Bluffton on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. In the Sandra Day O’Connor Institute’s ...

The Foundation for Appalachian Ohio, in partnership with the Longaberger Family Foundation, has announced it is opening its fifth round of funding to support K-12 civics education ...

We currently get Nation’s Report Card results for individual states only in reading and math, something Congress requires. That allows policymakers to see how individual states are helping students ...

It’s hard not to feel heavily burdened by the weight of the moment we are experiencing in our political discourse. What ...

We have all seen "man on the street" interviews where young people struggle to identify the branches of government or their elected representatives. And the headlines announcing American students' ...

As students across Nevada settle into the new school year and the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, a question arises: Are we preparing the next generation to understand, engage with and ...