National research shows declining trust in government. A 2025 report from the Pew Research Center on civics learning and ...

Civics is generally taught in schools from kindergarten through high school; however, many factors, including fewer civics teachers and the topic now becoming controversial, have led to public schools ...

President Donald Trump’s creation of his promised Department of Government Efficiency within one of the federal government’s most notable civic tech organizations, the U.S. Digital Service, has sent ...

Reflecting on Civic Learning Week (CLW), an annual event hosted by iCivics highlighting the importance of civic education in sustaining and strengthening constitutional democracy in the United States.

Nearly 250 years ago, Benjamin Franklin famously opined that delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 had provided our fledgling nation with “a republic, if you can keep it.” These words ...

There is an urgent need to strengthen civic knowledge, skills, and engagement across all ages, including adults. This includes those who study and work in STEM fields. Technology plays an increasingly ...

Students should graduate from high school with a comprehensive understanding of the structure, function, and principles of American government; Students should understand the historical foundations of ...

Amid rising political violence, the need for nonpartisan civic education has never been clearer. Yet saying, “civic thought” or “civic life and leadership” now reads conservative. Should it? With the ...

This fall, as millions of students return to school and America approaches its 250 th birthday, something troubling is happening in classrooms across the country. Our civics teachers are going silent.

Some schools and teachers have found that it is easier to cut civics education altogether to avoid parental complaints. Credit: Julie Jacobson/Associated Press The Hechinger Report covers one topic: ...

A century ago, civics education was inseparable from the teaching of personal responsibility and virtues. Today, civics education has changed drastically—and not for the better. Some states do not ...

USDS, the White House team DOGE took over in January, was a flagship civic tech organization. Six months later, civic tech is figuring out what’s next. DOGE USDS Customer Experience President Donald ...