In November 2018, Gov. Charlie Baker signed a bill mandating increased civics education for eighth grade students. Four years later, educators are seeing the benefits, even while also acknowledging ...

As an educator, researcher, and advocate for civic engagement, I am deeply alarmed by America’s dwindling civic literacy. This crisis poses a direct threat to the integrity of our democracy. Recent ...

Minnesota high school students are supposed to receive a heavier dose of civics education this year, but the legislator behind that effort isn’t so sure it’s going to happen. At least not the way he ...

“America is not perfect, but perfection is not its promise. Opportunity is. And as long as we remain faithful to that idea, the American Dream will endure.” So wrote a high school student from ...

(WJAR) — Test scores in history and civics have declined for middle school students across the country since the pandemic. The scores released by the National Assessment of Educational Progress show ...

Cheers erupted from middle schoolers throughout the John Dickinson School auditorium, and not because their favorite Pokémon character was on display at the school assembly. Scott Abbott, associate ...

Recently released results on the National Assessment of Educational Progress test—also known as the “Nation’s Report Card”—mark the first time that 8th grade civics scores declined in nearly 25 years.