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

Honor Civics Teachers by Supporting Investments in Their Professional Development

Shawn Healy, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy, iCivics

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.

April 26, 2023

Propelling Information Literacy Through Public Policy

Contemporaneous debates over ChatGPT are only the latest volleys in our collective struggle to teach information literacy to a generation weaned on iPads.

March 29, 2023

Celebrating Progress and Continuing Our Work Together

Shawn Healy, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy, iCivics

A recent report importantly identifies a “perception gap” with regard to those with differing political views when it comes to how civics and history should be taught.

January 31, 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.