Most students in U.S. schools are getting some civics lessons before they graduate—but their schools may not be offering many ...

Virginia, Florida and South Dakota have new standards that focus on patriotism, Christianity and anti-communism. But debating current events? That’s discouraged. By Dana Goldstein Dana Goldstein ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The defining experience of Jordan Zamora-Garcia's high school career — a hands-on group project in civics class that spurred a new ...

Civics textbooks sit on the shelf in an Advanced Placement social studies class in April 2019 at Huffman High School in Birmingham, Ala. (Julie Bennett for The Washington Post) I love history. I ...

In his 2023 book, The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens, Richard Hass sadly tells us that in America “Only eight states and the District of Columbia require a full year of high ...

This week's ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and the resulting turmoil on Capitol Hill has made for some very timely discussions in high school civics classes. This week's turmoil on Capitol ...

Jonathan Collins, a professor of political science, public policy and education at Brown University, talks about the so-called "Nation's Report Card" on civics and U.S. history. The so-called Nation's ...

Over the weekend, The Washington Post reported that an acolyte of Donald Trump is making big plans for a “post-Constitutional” government through a series of historic changes that would give the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Desert Sun’s recent reporting by Tom Coulter about Californians wanting more civics courses for young people, “Amid growing ...