News and Insights

New Report Highlights Civic Consequences of AI

Ace Parsi, Director of Coalition Engagement, iCivics

A new report invites state policymakers to consider the civic implications of artificial intelligence (AI) and how it will impact the next generation.

October 30, 2025

Insights

Constitution Day Reflections on the Eve of America’s 250th

Shawn Healy, Chief Policy & Advocacy Officer, iCivics

As we look ahead to the nation’s 250th, there are both signs of hope and concern for the nation’s constitutional democracy.

September 30, 2025

2025 State Policy Scan Provides Updated Insight Into Civic Learning Policies, State by State

Andrea Benites, Policy Coordinator, iCivics

The CivxNow team conducts an annual scan of state policies impacting civic education. Each year, these results demonstrate progress being made at the state level and serve as a valuable resource for legislators, policymakers, school administrators, advocates, and others. The scan is based on recommendations from the CivxNow State Policy

August 25, 2025

America’s 250th: More Than a Celebration; A Call to Action

Shawn Healy, Chief Policy and Advocacy Officer, iCivics

Welcome to the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the celebration of a relatively young nation, but still the world’s oldest democracy. As we look into our crystal ball to predict the future, we know one thing for certain: July 4, 2026 will bring massive fireworks and the presentation

July 30, 2025

Civics in the News

November 2025

NPR spoke to a number of CivxNow partners in this piece about the $150 million in grants that just went to civic education.
Rick Hess discusses “real-world civic education” in this piece in Education Next.
Jeffrey Edward Green writes that civic education should challenge students in this Boston Globe piece.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch told a local Fox network that lack of civic education is our country’s biggest problem—and he’s following a trend of Justices who have written children’s books.