News and Insights

Civic Education This Thanksgiving

Ace Parsi, Director of Coalition Engagement, iCivics

When we think about Thanksgiving in the K–12 context, it’s hard not to picture turkey hats, gratitude worksheets, and children’s books about the story of Thanksgiving. For the civic learning field, this season calls us to think more deeply and build young people’s capacity to develop skills to bridge divides.

November 20, 2025

Insights

Civics Springing Forth in State Capitols

State lawmakers are exploring an array of civic education bills that align with the CivxNow State Policy Menu, signaling a collective effort to elevate and enhance civic learning nationwide.

January 25, 2024

How Justice O’Connor Brought Civics to Chicago

Shawn Healy, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy, iCivics

On December 1, we learned of the heartbreaking news of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s passing. The news broke just as the National Council for the Social Studies opened its conference in Nashville, the largest annual gathering of civics educators.

December 20, 2023

Teacher Project Promises to Do Civics for Civics

Shawn Healy, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy, iCivics

New project, Teachers Advancing Civic Learning, engages educators in DOing civics for civics, providing their firsthand accounts of civic education in efforts to make it a nationwide priority.

December 1, 2023

Civics in the News

November 2025

NPR spoke to a number of CivxNow partners in this piece about the $150 million in grants that just went to civic education.
Rick Hess discusses “real-world civic education” in this piece in Education Next.
Jeffrey Edward Green writes that civic education should challenge students in this Boston Globe piece.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch told a local Fox network that lack of civic education is our country’s biggest problem—and he’s following a trend of Justices who have written children’s books.