Although in theory they recognize the importance of civics education for the future of the nation, many Americans in fact lack an understanding of their form of government and the Constitution under ...

States are slowly beginning to require civics education to meet the standards required of incoming immigrants, finds a new report by the Education Commission of the States. The Joe Foss Institute’s ...

Imagine that you’re in charge of civics instruction in your state or district. You want to figure out whether this new approach you’re taking—emphasizing not just knowing civics facts, but living a ...

It may be time for Utahns to go back to school, at least for one class. According to a survey conducted by Utah Valley University, Utahns earned a “D” grade on civics knowledge. The survey, which was ...

How do you teach kids to be active participants in government? Or to tell the difference between real news and fake news? In their last legislative sessions, 27 states considered bills or other ...

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The United States suffers from a pandemic of civic ignorance and a deep deficit of civic respect. Only one in three Americans can pass the civics portion of the U.S. citizenship test. A mere 24% of ...

Peyton Amaral, a middle schooler with a pale pink suit jacket and a swath of blue and purple hair, stood before the Fall River City Council this April, arguing for a ban on plastic bags. “Pollution is ...

Florida college students will need to take a government or history course and pass an exam similar to the nation’s citizenship test to earn degrees under a new rule approved Wednesday as part of Gov.

I’m definitely a realist about institutional facts, such as the fact that I own my 1996 Honda Civic. As John Searle helpfully puts it, these kinds of facts are ontologically subjective they are facts ...