The more students know about the world, the better they can understand what they read, writes Susan Pimentel in Education Week. The...

"The new National Assessment of Educational Progress civics and history results are as deplorable as they were predictable," writes...

Eighth-graders don't know much about U.S. history and civics, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), which...

We need to find a way to have school choice and to teach our "shared inheritance" as Americans, writes Fordham's Checker Finn. He worries...

"You are enough" is a popular saying, writes Katherine Boyle on The Free Press. But it's not true. Americans have lost their sense of...

I'm so old I don't know the words to Conjunction Junction. Schoolhouse Rock, animated musical shorts on grammar, history, civics,...

"Fixating on activism misses the point of civics education," write Frederick M. Hess, a former civics teacher now education policy...

Public schools have lost touch with their mission and purpose, writes Robert Pondiscio, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise...

Link college loans to civilian or military service, writes Steve Cohen in City Journal. "President Biden’s plan to 'forgive' student...

I learned about separation of powers, checks and balances and the three separate and equal branches of government -- executive,...

Happy Constitution Day! How many First Amendment freedoms can you name? If you get more than one, you're a civics star. Americans' civics...

Do "good citizens" always listen to leaders? Ilya Somin was taken aback by the worksheet his seven-year-old daughter brought home from...

New laws restricting how teachers can discuss "divisive issues" try "to impose a singular narrative of the United States, because —...

The City of Orlando's email promoting a Fourth of July fireworks display set off fireworks of its own with a sour jape: “A lot of people...

U.S. high school students and their teachers agree that people should be allowed to express unpopular opinions, according to the Knight...

What should every American know? Aspen’s Citizenship and American Identity program is asking. The video features four immigrants talking...

When was the U.S. Constitution ratified? Which countries did the U.S. fight in World War II? Asked multiple-choice questions from...

“We live in an era where we knock down old American heroes for all their imperfections, when no leader wants to admit to fault or...

The right to an education doesn’t include a right to literacy — yet. However, “a judge has ruled that California can be put on trial for...