Young people today are experiencing civic apathy. National research shows declining trust in government. A 2025 report from the Pew Research Center on civics learning and engagement shows “nearly a ...

A convergence of federal proposals, academic advocacy, and grassroots initiatives is driving renewed calls to strengthen civics and economics education in the U.S. Lawmakers like Rep. Emanuel Cleaver ...

Iowa policymakers have an opportunity to deepen and make more effective their commitment to higher education reform. House ...

Thirty-six percent of adults could not name all three branches of government, and 95% could not name all five freedoms protected under the First Amendment. On today's show, efforts for better civic ...

Florida State University launched a new undergraduate degree, called Civics and Liberty Studies, to create “ethically ...

I greatly appreciated Timothy Messer-Kruse’s recent essay, “Civic Education is Back. It Shouldn’t Belong to Conservatives.” (The Chronicle Review, June 18). His history of civic education in American ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - CivicLex, a nonprofit working to strengthen civic health in Lexington, received a $1 million challenge match from an anonymous donor to create a permanent civic education ...

Fake news. Record-low voting turnout. Frequent and false claims from elected officials. Vitriol in many corners of political debate. These are symptoms we hear of all the time that our democracy is ...

Amid rising political violence, the need for nonpartisan civic education has never been clearer. Yet saying, “civic thought” or “civic life and leadership” now reads conservative. Should it? With the ...

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States are moving in varied directions on civics education, with Arizona introducing a Civic Institutions course for undergraduates and Texas launching a teacher civics training program. These ...