News and Insights

Celebrating National Civic Learning Week During America’s 250th

Shawn Healy, Chief Policy and Advocacy Officer, iCivics

In the afterglow of our fourth annual national Civic Learning Week (CLW), we’re in awe and appreciative of the scope and span of the CivxNow coalition’s collective work to strengthen K–12 civic education. This year’s events, proclamations, op-eds and earned media, and other forms of advocacy shined the spotlight on

March 25, 2026

Insights

Momentum for Civics in the States

So far, in the 2021 state legislative session, more than 80 bills related to civic education have been introduced in 23 states. This is a significant increase in the number of civics bills introduced in the past several years and shows the momentum for strengthening and improving civic learning that

February 20, 2021

Majority of Americans See K-12 Civic Education as the Best Solution

This summer, pollster and messaging expert Frank Luntz conducted a survey of 1,000 adults 18 and older to find out what Americans from all political stripes think could help heal this country. What he found can be boiled down to two words: “better civics.”

September 29, 2020

Civics in the News

March 2026

Civics was all over the news this month, thanks to dozens and dozens of Civic Learning Week stories and coalition efforts to place at least 20 op-eds across the country. In fact, more than 1,100 media placements alongside more than 140 social media mentions generated a reach of more than 1 billion! Following are some highlights:

New Jersey’s coalition shared its opinion on civics in The Newark Star Ledger
Wisconsin’s coalition worked with two former state senators on this op-ed in The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The Annenberg Institute for Civics took center stage on the opinion page of The Philadelphia Inquirer
California’s State Board of Education showed its support for civics in The 74 Million