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Engaged citizens built America. Today, civics education is coming back.

Civics education in America is undergoing a revival in public schools thanks in part to groups that are working with school boards to develop new curricula.

Most Schools Report Teaching Civics. But Hands-On Lessons Aren't as Common

Only 13% of district leaders say their schools require "experiential" civics learning.

Here’s How Federal and State Governments Promote Patriotic Civic Education

by Paris Apodaca at CDN - Governments at the federal and state levels have taken a range of actions to promote civic education in the U.S. over the past several years. The Trump a...

Indiana endowment expands civics education

By Marilyn Odendahl for The Indiana Citizen.Broadcast version by Joe Ulery for Indiana News Service reporting for the Indiana Citizen-Free Pre

Student Speech and Civic Education

In this post, I shall continue down the free speech as autonomy-enhancing path, contending that engagement in freedom of expression… The post Student Speech and Civic Education app...

New Coalition Launches to Bring Civics Back to American Schools

Academic Civics: What Does It Mean to Be a Citizen of Your University?

Academic Civics: What Does It Mean to Be a Citizen of Your University? Elizabeth Redden Wed, 07/08/2026 - 03:00 AM To safeguard the future of the America...

FSU pushing for increased civics teaching in schools to reconnect with Memorial Day meaning

FSU educators are concerned that a recent poll shows only 48% of Americans know why Memorial Day was established. The post FSU pushing for increased civics teaching in schools to r...

Iowa’s Civics Center Has to Teach Thousands. It Currently Has One Professor.

Iowa’s Civics Center Has to Teach Thousands. It Currently Has One Professor. Ryan Quinn Wed, 06/24/2026 - 03:00 AM State lawmakers said only the Center f...

Poll: Americans believe they aren't being taught enough about democracy

For Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and other bold-face names struggling to bring about a new nation, an educated and informed citizenry was essential to the success of the America...

Help Students Use AI to Grow Civic Engagement

The authors of “AI and Civic Engagement” share ways to build students' awareness of citizenship roles using GenAI tools, ISTE standards, cross-curricular connections, multiple acti...

Iowa Undergrads Will Have to Take History Courses Picked by Civics Centers

Iowa Undergrads Will Have to Take History Courses Picked by Civics Centers Ryan Quinn Fri, 06/05/2026 - 03:00 AM Byline(s)...

‘Mourning the Silence of Civic Education’: A Winning Student Open Letter

We are honoring the winners of our Student Open Letter Contest by publishing their entries. This one is by Chan-Yul Kim, age 16.

Posterity’s Watching and Character Still Counts

As the 250th anniversary of America approaches, retired teacher and former MiddleWeb columnist Mary Kane Tarashuk reflects on her nearly quarter-century of teaching civics to fourt...

One-Third Of Americans Can Barely Read, But They Can Still Vote

There is a culture of silence around the true status of American schools, and how their incompetence is destroying American self-government.

America’s next 250? A revival of civic virtues might hold the key.

Democracy requires civic engagement – and it can sometimes seem to be falling short. But the seeds of renewal are visible, from potluck dinners to youth programs.

Reading good literature to restore civic virtue

Casey Chalk writes for the Federalist about one way to boost civic virtue. Americans don’t read literature much any more. According to a YouGov survey, 40 percent of adults did not...

Texas State Board of Education continues debate over curriculum changes

The proposal adds instruction on civic engagement, patriotism and Christianity while deemphasizing world history, culture and diversity, and race.

Civic Grace

“I believe that, as Christian emissaries come to each of these nations to be discipled, the foundational cornerstone proclaimed by them is that Jesus is Lord. The first corollary t...

The Mountain States Policy Center: Teaching Liberty Through Competition 

On May 2, 2026, teams from Idaho, Montana, Washington, and Wyoming came together at the Idaho State Capitol to battle for the “We the Students: Mountain West Civics Cup.” The event...

2026 Short Course: APSA Working Group on American Civics Undergraduate Course Mandates

APSA Working Group on American Civics Undergraduate Course Mandates Full Day Short Course | Register here 2026 APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition — Boston, MA 9:00 am – 5:00 pm A...

Civic engagement is having a moment at UW-Madison

Officials have launched efforts aimed at helping students "speak honestly, listen seriously and disagree without contempt.'

Learning Democracy through Practice, a guest post by Na Eng

If the best way to learn democracy is to practice it, then the earlier we invite young people into that practice, the more likely they are to see themselves as people with agency w...

The church as school for democracy

This is the second in a BNG series of articles on Christianity and democracy that will lead toward the July 4 celebration of America’s 250th birthday. The series has been curated b...