Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Lessons in civics are a privilege most often enjoyed by more affluent students in US schools

Americans' trust in government is at a record low. Fewer citizens participate in elections than other similarly developed democracies. To top it all off, young people have limited opportunities to ...
WGBH

Civics Collection

The Civics Collection on PBS LearningMedia is designed to help teach middle and high school students about American citizenship, our constitutional democracy, and the complexities of our government ...
Education Week

Teachers of Color More Likely Than White Peers to Tackle ‘Controversial’ Civics Topics

Irene Sanchez knows that her social studies class might introduce civic ideas that her high schoolers haven’t ever studied before. Sanchez, a Latino studies teacher in the Azusa Unified school ...
Education Week

Why Some Civics Educators Are Afraid to Teach Their Subject

Even some of the most experienced civics teachers are avoiding certain topics in the classroom amid the current political climate, worried about courting controversy, according to a new, small survey ...

First civics MCAS finds most Grade 8 students not meeting expectations

Last spring, Massachusetts eighth-graders took the state’s first ever civics MCAS exam, finally setting a benchmark for achievement more than six years after the state passed new social studies ...
Digital Journal

Lessons in civics are a privilege most often enjoyed by more affluent students in US schools

Why is U.S. civic education limited? HeyTutor analyzed data from Brookings to illustrate how often schools incorporate civics in extracurriculars. - Shutterstock // EF Stock Why is U.S. civic ...