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Leveraging Momentum for Civic Learning Through America 250 State Commissions

  • Paul LaRue, President of the Ohio State Board of Education and Co-Chair for the America 250 Ohio K-12 Education Committee; and Sydney Moore, Policy Associate, iCivics

As we quickly approach the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 2026, it’s crucial to acknowledge the role that states have, and will continue to play, in uplifting civic learning and engagement within their communities. Each U.S. state, territory, and the District of Columbia has its

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Stronger Civics an Antidote to “Threats to Democracy”
An NBC News Poll released on August 21 once again found voters across the political spectrum identifying “threats to democracy” as the most important issue facing the country.
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Civics Secures Democracy Act Reintroducted in the Senate with Four New Cosponsors
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators today re-introduced the landmark Civics Secures Democracy Act, which would authorize an historic investment to support K–12 civic education and American history.
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Appreciating our Teachers, the Foremost Guardians of our Constitutional Democracy
  • Shawn Healy, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy, iCivics
Teachers have weathered two-plus tumultuous years of pandemic and polarized political debates about civics and history content and pedagogy. Nevertheless, they persist.
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Civics in the News

May 2026

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  • CivxNow showed up on The New York Times’ Sunday op-ed page in a piece exploring how civic education can combat polarization
  • iCivics and The Carnegie Corporation of New York made the case for why civic education should be a focus in The Chronicle of Philanthropy
  • Both Education Week and The 74 Million covered significant changes to NAEP Civics
  • Six in ten Californians believe that civic education should be a priority, but only half believe the state is doing a good job at teaching it. This Public Policy Institute of California piece discusses closing the gap
  • U.S. Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch talked with Fox News about the decline of civic education
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