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

A Celebration of Civic Education and Its Impact on the Future of Our Nation

Shawn Healy, Chief Policy and Advocacy Officer, iCivics

With a backdrop of intense change directly impacting the field of civic learning, and more likely on its way, the third annual national Civic Learning Week assumes even greater importance.

February 27, 2025

A New Year, a Renewed Focus on Civic Education

Shawn Healy, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy, iCivics

Celebrating the peaceful transfer of power and looking ahead to the work needed to make civic education a nationwide priority even as the nation prepares for its 250th anniversary and what follows...

January 30, 2025

The 2024 Election by the Numbers and the Outlook for Civic Learning in 2025

Shawn Healy, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy, iCivics

State-level election analysis from our partners and a look ahead to the new year...

December 19, 2024

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.