News and Insights

Doing Civics for Civics – Modeling Civic Participation on Capitol Hill

Abbie Kaplan, Director, Federal Policy, Strategy, and Operations, iCivics

Earlier this month, CivxNow, in partnership with colleagues at the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), took to Capitol Hill with a clear, unified mission: advocate for the future of civics, social studies, and history education. The energy, dedication, and passion of the group of advocates who joined us

July 29, 2026

Insights

Civics Springing Forth in State Capitols

State lawmakers are exploring an array of civic education bills that align with the CivxNow State Policy Menu, signaling a collective effort to elevate and enhance civic learning nationwide.

January 25, 2024

How Justice O’Connor Brought Civics to Chicago

Shawn Healy, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy, iCivics

On December 1, we learned of the heartbreaking news of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s passing. The news broke just as the National Council for the Social Studies opened its conference in Nashville, the largest annual gathering of civics educators.

December 20, 2023

Teacher Project Promises to Do Civics for Civics

Shawn Healy, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy, iCivics

New project, Teachers Advancing Civic Learning, engages educators in DOing civics for civics, providing their firsthand accounts of civic education in efforts to make it a nationwide priority.

December 1, 2023

Civics in the News

July 2026

Education Week wrote about a new RAND study that shows that civics classes may be on the rise, but only a third of districts offer experiential civic learning, with only 13% requiring it.
Former Virginia Secretary of Education Aimee Rogstad Guidera wrote a piece in Education Next about why the 250th is a time for a civic education renaissance, and how it is happening in Virginia.
The New York Times published an open letter from 16-year-old Chan-Yul Kim, a high schooler in Austin, Texas, about why schools should prioritize civic education
Bill of Rights Institute President and CEO David Bobb wrote in Education Week that at the 250th, civics classes need more civil disagreement.
Joshua Dunn and William Lyons, who direct the Institute of American Civics at the University of Tennessee, wrote in RealClearEducation about how the Institute’s Civics Academies work.