Teaching students how democracy functions is not about promoting a political ideology. It is about preparing young people to ...

When the blueprint for the nation’s report card on civics was last updated, in 1996, there was no social media, no super PACs in campaign finance, and no federal Department of Homeland Security. Now, ...

Students who studied the U.S. Constitution “a lot” outperformed those who studied it less or not at all on the 2022 NAEP civics exam. (iStock) Perspective by Valerie Strauss The release this month of ...

Last week, lawmakers in Oregon proposed a bill that would require all public-school students in the state to pass the civics portion of the U.S. naturalization test before receiving their high-school ...

Last month, the American Educational Research Association (AERA) touted a new study reporting that, as the press release headline had it, “State-Mandated Civics Test Policy Does Not Improve Youth ...

As the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services rolled out a revised civics test this week for aspiring Americans, The Washington Post tested readers with some of the tougher new questions. More than ...

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 ...

Oklahoma panelists argue that prioritizing civics and media literacy is essential to help students navigate digital threats.

A naturalization ceremony aboard "Old Ironsides" held in coordination with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on July 02, 2019. (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Donovan Keller) U.S.