News and Insights

Teaching by Doing: Why Students Are Choosing Civic Seals

Mike Dean, Director, Minnesota Programs, iCivics

As noted when this year’s state legislative sessions were wrapping up, states have been answering the call for stronger civics in this 250th year, many through civic seals. This was particularly true in Montana, where the Seal of Civics Literacy came as a result of the state’s 250th commission working

August 26, 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

August 2026

James Traub looks into Texas’ move toward a classical model of teaching social studies and history in this op-ed in The New York Times.
Sheria McRae, CEO of Foundation Academies, makes the case for place-based history and helping students see themselves in history in this piece in District Administration.
This summer, a group of 98 high school students took the civic act of creating a framework for how AI should be used in schools, according to this story in Education Week.
Cal Matters says that allowing kids to vote before they are 18 won’t matter if they aren’t taught how to vote.