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 ...

Students and leadership with Hempfield Area School District’s hands-on civics class, Project 18, were honored with proclamations from state and local government officials at a school board meeting ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The Civics Learning Project hosted a "Law Day" event Tuesday at Central Oregon Community College, one of four being held on campuses across the state to promote youth learning and ...

In his recent commentary, “Few things are more American than welcoming immigrants” (Jan. 30), Bruce Fein makes the reasonable recommendation that immigrants and citizens alike should be required to ...

BLUFFTON, South Carolina (AP) — On the first day of his American National Government class, Prof. Kevin Dopf asks how many of his students are United States citizens. Every hand shoots up. “So, how ...

It isn’t ego that makes Hal Biehl think his civics class at Riverview High School is so valuable for students. “I tell the kids on the first day of class, ‘This is the most important class you’ll have ...