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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.

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...

New Coalition Launches to Bring Civics Back to American Schools

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.

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...

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...

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

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...

Citizenship Is a Privilege, Not a Right

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)...

The Civitas Collection 250

Essays by 25 scholars examining the expansive terrain of the Declaration of Independence

'Civics 101': GOP Rep. Has To Awkwardly Explain Constitution To Maria Bartiromo

Tough watch for those who paid attention in ninth grade.

Citizenship Cannot Be a Souvenir

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.

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...

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...

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...

Excerpt: Citizenship Follies

In an age of cheap and easy transportation and communication, you can have either tight citizenship rules with more openness to the outside world, or loose citizenship rules and le...

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...

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...

Reclaiming American Citizenship: A Project for the People