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Earlier this month, we shared our initial reaction to the release of the 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in Civics results. The first statistically significant decrease in student...

We are thrilled to announce that the grant application for the fiscal year 2023 American History and Civics Education National Activities Programs (AHC–NA) are now open: “The purpose of the...

Despite the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Civics’ importance as a no-stakes, diagnostic measure for our field, it has been administered to only 8th graders since 2010, and there...

As “The Nation’s Report Card” shows that only 22 percent of eighth graders in the United States were deemed proficient or better in civics, iCivics calls for greater prioritization of...

As Teacher Appreciation Week (May 7–13) approaches, we salute civic educators from coast to coast for their daily diligence in developing students’ civic knowledge, skills, and dispositions. A prominent way...

Exciting news for CivXNow members and colleagues: you may be eligible to receive grant funding through The Educating for American Democracy (EAD) Initiative. We are pleased to share the announcement...

Contemporaneous debates over ChatGPT are only the latest volleys in our collective struggle to teach information literacy to a generation weaned on iPads. Information literacy is an essential civic skill,...

Dear CivXNow Coalition Members and Friends of Civic Learning, I’m thrilled to share that yesterday President Joe Biden proposed a $73 million allocation for civics and U.S. history as part...

The proposed $73 million line item for civics and history education comes after Congress authorized a significant increase for the 2023 budget in the year-end bipartisan omnibus bill. CAMBRIDGE, MASS....

Inspired by local and regional events over the past two years, the first-ever national Civic Learning Week (March 6-10, 2023) seeks to highlight the importance of civic education in sustaining...