While this may be a good time to take advantage of the public’s attention, it’s also a time when teachers increasingly fear ...

A cross the nation, red states are allocating hundreds of millions of dollars to found “civic institutes” at their public universities. Florida budgeted $3 million to create the Hamilton Center for ...

Nearly 100 Illinois high schools are part of an initiative to strengthen civics education. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin went to their ...

Shortly before the 4 th of July, I wrote about the need for a “post-BS” education that focuses far less on celebrating activism and far more on the duties of citizenship and cultivating an ...

Only 27 percent of young people in Generation Z strongly agree with the statement that democracy is “the best form of government.” Credit: Jacquelyn Martin/ Associated Press The Hechinger Report ...

Only 14 states require civics courses to be included in college general education programs, according to a new report by the ...

As the Soviet Sputnik satellite orbited the Earth, Americans became fearful that we were falling behind technologically. The response was a massive prioritization of science, technology, engineering, ...

Students from all over the country prepare for the annual “We the People,” national competition in Washington, D.C. Credit: Retro Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for ...

More than 800,000 people each year take a 10-question civics test to try to become a U.S. citizen. A bill passed by the Iowa House and Senate would require students in grades nine-through-12 to pass a ...

The election is over, but the work to build a bright future for Arizona isn’t. Elections matter, but they are only part of the story. There is much work to do beyond the ballot box to secure the ...