News and Insights

Book Review: More Than Ink and Parchment—Tracing the Living History of the Declaration

Shawn Healy, Chief Policy & Advocacy Officer, iCivics

Twenty years ago, as resident scholar at the McCormick Foundation’s Freedom Museum, I guarded a Dunlap Broadside of the Declaration of Independence on opening night, ensuring its safety from guests’ refreshments. Only 21 known Dunlap copies exist of what was the first public pronouncement of American independence, and this was

June 28, 2026

Insights

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

Successive Surveys the Impact of Civic Learning and Engagement

Shawn Healy, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy, iCivics

Recent studies show low civic knowledge while also pointing to the impact of civic learning and engagement.

October 31, 2023

A Deeper Dive on New Hampshire’s Policy Win

The New Hampshire Civic Learning Coalition, led by NH Civics, championed advocacy efforts in Spring 2023 for a bipartisan bill entitled “More Time on Civics,” requiring a semester of civics in middle school and instructional time for civics in grades K–5.

August 29, 2023

Civics in the News

June 2026

The Christian Science Monitor looked at our nation’s civic education renaissance on the eve of the Semiquincentennial.
Both More Perfect and AEI released surveys that speak to weakening faith in democracy and the need for more civics.
USA Today visited a civics classroom in Virginia and spoke to teachers across the country about how civics can bridge our divides.
NPR takes us inside the National Constitution Center as it makes its museum accessible during A250.