Reflecting on Civic Learning Week (CLW), an annual event hosted by iCivics highlighting the importance of civic education in sustaining and strengthening constitutional democracy in the United States.
Lt. Gov. Denny Heck visited Columbia River High School on Tuesday afternoon to speak with students about civics and political ethics. “I’m always a little bit overcome by emotion whenever I revisit my ...
A democratic society requires an educated and informed citizenry that understands the purpose of democratic government and how the processes of a democracy work, especially voting and elections.
Civics education, long a source of tense political debates about the content of the curriculum, has become even more of a minefield for teachers and schools in recent months. Through an executive ...
In a small ballroom just blocks from the White House, a group of 27 middle school students showed an impressive command of civics and the ins and outs of the constitutional process at a time when ...
The Institute of American Civics at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville was established three years ago during a time when national discussions centered on critical race theory and "wokeism," in ...
Nearly 250 years ago, Benjamin Franklin famously opined that delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 had provided our fledgling nation with “a republic, if you can keep it.” These words ...