Stacy Walls-Bartkowski, a ninth grade social studies educator at Newark Charter Senior High School and 2024 recipient of the Governor’s Award for Excellence in Civics Education, poses for a photo with ...

The 2024 National Civics Bee National Championship, held by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 12, 2024.

Joseph Filko. According to the American Bar Association, civics education has been on the decline, and a recent analysis by the ABA indicates that civics is not officially assessed in 23 states.

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – Educational strategies, civil discourse and critical thinking skills were key topics for teachers who gathered Thursday at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown’s second ...

Standing behind a sign that read, “Education Not Indoctrination,” Gov. Patrick Morrisey celebrated a bill, on June 26, 2025, ...

Civics education is the study of the theoretical, political and practical aspects of citizenship, as well as its rights and duties. It is a study we should embrace with enthusiasm. Unfortunately ...

According to the latest National Assessment of Educational Progress from 2022, only 22% of eighth graders are proficient in civics, 2% less than in 2018, the author writes.

We must take action to ensure that Seattle’s kids get the proven benefits of engagement with voter-education curricula.

For many years Keys Fillauer, recently retired Oak Ridge Board of Education chairman, co-taught a blend of civics and personal finance as a popular one-year course for Oak Ridge ninth-grade students..