News and Insights

Doing Civics for Civics – Modeling Civic Participation on Capitol Hill

Abbie Kaplan, Director, Federal Policy, Strategy, and Operations, iCivics

Earlier this month, CivxNow, in partnership with colleagues at the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), took to Capitol Hill with a clear, unified mission: advocate for the future of civics, social studies, and history education. The energy, dedication, and passion of the group of advocates who joined us

July 29, 2026

Insights

New Report Highlights Civic Consequences of AI

Ace Parsi, Director of Coalition Engagement, iCivics

A new report invites state policymakers to consider the civic implications of artificial intelligence (AI) and how it will impact the next generation.

October 30, 2025

Constitution Day Reflections on the Eve of America’s 250th

Shawn Healy, Chief Policy & Advocacy Officer, iCivics

As we look ahead to the nation’s 250th, there are both signs of hope and concern for the nation’s constitutional democracy.

September 30, 2025

2025 State Policy Scan Provides Updated Insight Into Civic Learning Policies, State by State

Andrea Benites, Policy Coordinator, iCivics

The CivxNow team conducts an annual scan of state policies impacting civic education. Each year, these results demonstrate progress being made at the state level and serve as a valuable resource for legislators, policymakers, school administrators, advocates, and others. The scan is based on recommendations from the CivxNow State Policy

August 25, 2025

Civics in the News

July 2026

Education Week wrote about a new RAND study that shows that civics classes may be on the rise, but only a third of districts offer experiential civic learning, with only 13% requiring it.
Former Virginia Secretary of Education Aimee Rogstad Guidera wrote a piece in Education Next about why the 250th is a time for a civic education renaissance, and how it is happening in Virginia.
The New York Times published an open letter from 16-year-old Chan-Yul Kim, a high schooler in Austin, Texas, about why schools should prioritize civic education
Bill of Rights Institute President and CEO David Bobb wrote in Education Week that at the 250th, civics classes need more civil disagreement.
Joshua Dunn and William Lyons, who direct the Institute of American Civics at the University of Tennessee, wrote in RealClearEducation about how the Institute’s Civics Academies work.