We are a national cross-partisan coalition of over 185 organizations focused on improving our nation’s K-12 in and out-of-school civic education.

A team of 20 researchers, educators, and civic education practitioners released this white paper that outlines the challenges civic education has faced reaching youth of color. It provides suggestions for how to make civic education more equitable and relevant for today’s increasingly diverse student population.

This is the moment to rebuild the nation’s civic strength. We need to invest in civic education. The CivXNow federal policy agenda stipulates that change at the local level, linked to commitment to equity, is the key lever for better civic education, and that the federal government can activate and support this change by using our eight recommendations to restore civic education for civic strength.

Bipartisan majority of Americans see civic education as the most meaningful solution to strengthen our country.