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…the final stages of rulemaking approval — exemplify this ideology. The standards add ethnic studies to the core social studies disciplines of history, civics, economics, and geography, and incorporate its…

…had them placed in the public forum. Cicero’s martyrdom has inspired liberty-loving patriots across eras. But not in our time. Former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick killed off a basic history-civics…

…years surveyed Americans and college students with questions from national civics exams and the U.S. citizenship exam, finding abysmal things like less than half of Americans can name all three…

…to government tyranny, higher and more powerful than any person, institution, or office. This much we should already know from what passes for high school civics classes. But perhaps the…

…leaf in the wind.” Some colleges and universities are addressing the problem by offering new degree programs that emphasize civics and classical education to better root students in American values….

…– and the majority of them would probably fail that civics test. Charles Cooke: Well, the answer to that is that we’re supposed to do that in public schools. We…

…real democracy. Even those coming from truly democratic nations have not experienced the United States’ unique brand of democracy. New citizens must pass a test on American history and civics…

…to express unrestrained joy. As an expression of American exceptionalism, it falls short of what any moderately gifted high school civics student could do. “I live in America!” Brown exclaims…

…released joint guidance to local school districts about transgender students. When I saw it, my junior high and high school civics kicked in. How, I wondered, did these two Executive…

…broke loose on the left side of the aisle. We Need a High School Civics Lesson On The Electoral College We should all know that the Electoral College was devised…

…to save American civic principles through education reform is closing fast. Civics Gap Between Generation X and Millennial Parents Forty percent of millennials believe that government should regulate speech that…

…to care about history. Don’t Know Much About History Americans’ knowledge of civics and history is pitiful, and a large amount of survey data proves it. The American Council of…

It looks like this is going to have to be the era of the civics lesson, because nobody can be bothered any more to gain a basic knowledge of how…

…schools. Hasson said issues like gender identity and ideological curriculums will impact a child’s character or intellect. “There’s been a renewed interest in civics education, but what has been brought…

…achieve partisan goals, not as a set of politically neutral idealistic values. It’s not a civics problem, either. One hopes liberal activists like Ken Dilanian, who wonders “how much longer…

…is still especially common on behalf of the requirements that students learn American history and civics; be taught in English; and learn critical thinking. But this civic justification is precisely…

…civic education and that by not having a civics education requirement, Rhode Island is violating students’ rights. By extension, according to the Amish Heritage Foundation, the rights of those raised…

…Uber driver Douglass’s question, but he refused to answer. The rain stopped as we reached the airport, and my impromptu civics dialogue had ended. Whether I reached him or not,…

…create, Rep. Buck emphasized that education about American values like civics, rights, and the Constitution will have to begin in the home. “One of the lessons that we’re learning from…

President Trump is bringing some attention to the connections between this summer’s riots, the 63 percent of young Americans who believe America is racist, and the disaster that is civics…

For something as seemingly mundane as a government report on civics, the “1776 Commission Report” has been a surprisingly hot topic. The report was posted to the White House website…

…should go to “schools across the country …working to incorporate anti-racist practices into teaching and learning.” The plan operates under the guise of “civics education” and says encouraging and funding…

…its federal grant criteria for American history and civics education, opposition to the racist indoctrination curriculum is growing. In addition to alleging that the United States is filled with “systemic…

…or Gender.” The teacher, Alison Grieco, claimed she believes “every opinion is valuable in my classroom as long as it is respectful” and that “good civics discourse only happens when…

…offer state and local school boards under pressure from left-wing educators the option to recalibrate instruction that prioritizes America’s founding pillars as the fundamental focus of civics education. “Love, liberty,…

…the Civics Alliance of the National Association of Schools (NAS), which promotes genuine civics education in schools. “We must teach future generations our true history and heritage,” argues Goeglein, in…

…on the district in approving them,” Witt said. “This informs our civics curriculum choices.” “My main criteria on those standards is: Is it going to allow us to improve the…

…advance a kind of civic engagement labeled “protest civics” or “action civics” — approaches preferred by the board’s critics. Interim Superintendent Ken Witt told me the district seeks to encourage…

…Also, while the bills would set up an expectation to remove the DEI bureaucracy from operating in Alabama, they would provide no enforcement mechanism. The Civics Alliance of the National…

…meaningful rendition of the Democratic Attorneys General Association’s top priorities in civics class. If schools bother with civics classes anymore, that is. Pushing Transgenderism What your child will get is…

…the “sportsball” they’re not watching any time a major sporting event is on. It’s not only our constitutional right to abstain (although people who know slightly more about civics than…

…civics with a firm reliance on U.S. constitutionalism and the enduring lessons of history. In teaching the terrifying destructiveness of the French Revolution, schools could well be preventing students from…

…course in American history or politics, or otherwise prove proficiency in civics. That’s a good start. But the real work will have to be done on college campuses. What this…

…history and civics tests, which for several decades consistently showed similar civic ignorance. This ignorance isn’t remotely new. A decade ago, a survey of American adults found, according to NBC…

…teaching actual civics has been scrapped in favor of anti-American narratives like that of The 1619 Project. Under the divisive concepts of critical race theory, children, teachers, and staff are…

…culpability, pass rigorous background checks, pay significant fines and back taxes, develop proficiency in English and American civics, and be able to support themselves and their families (without access to…