News and Insights

A Heartfelt Farewell from Coalition Engagement Director Ace Parsi

Ace Parsi, Director of Coalition Engagement, iCivics

How does one summarize five years of transformative professional experiences in a few paragraphs? You don’t—but I’ll try. After five years of coordinating the CivxNow coalition, I decided to leave my role as Director of Coalition Engagement at iCivics to pursue a new professional chapter of public service. I leave

January 28, 2026

Insights

How Private Foundations Can Support Civic Education — A Spotlight on Lumina Foundation

This past spring, The Indiana General Assembly passed House Bill 1384, which requires that every student in the Hoosier State complete a one-semester course in civic education in either sixth, seventh, or eighth grade,

September 20, 2021

How Private Foundations Can Support Civic Education-A Spotlight on Jack Miller Family Foundation

Right now in Florida, three major civic education organizations, the Bill of Rights Institute (BRI), the Jack Miller Center (JMC), and the Ashbrook Center have pooled their resources in an attempt to provide professional development for civics and history teachers in one of the country’s largest states.

September 9, 2021

Civics in the Spotlight Throughout Spring State Legislative Sessions

Shawn Healy, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy, iCivics

This spring, the CivxNow policy team tracked nearly 90 bills in 34 state legislatures pertaining to civic education.

June 23, 2021

Civics in the News

January 2026

EdSurge looks ahead to how civics will take center stage during America 250
2024 National Civics Bee winner Emily Brubaker makes the case that civics is for kids, not just adults, in this Newsweek op-ed
Former Anaheim Schools superintendent Michael Matsuda says democracy is not a spectator sport and needs to be at the center of public education in this EdSource piece
The Wall Street Journal looks at a new bill that would require New York schools to teach about what happened at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021