News and Insights

Three Ways YOU Can Celebrate Civic Learning Week

Civic Learning Week (March 9–13) is a weeklong national celebration that highlights the importance of civic education in sustaining and strengthening our constitutional democracy, bringing together students, educators, policymakers, and civic leaders across sectors. During the nation’s semiquincentennial, this movement serves as a catalyst for uplifting youth and preparing our

February 26, 2026

Insights

Successive Surveys the Impact of Civic Learning and Engagement

Shawn Healy, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy, iCivics

Recent studies show low civic knowledge while also pointing to the impact of civic learning and engagement.

October 31, 2023

A Deeper Dive on New Hampshire’s Policy Win

The New Hampshire Civic Learning Coalition, led by NH Civics, championed advocacy efforts in Spring 2023 for a bipartisan bill entitled “More Time on Civics,” requiring a semester of civics in middle school and instructional time for civics in grades K–5.

August 29, 2023

Civics in the News

CivxNow Team

With summer more than halfway over, let’s take a page out of the books from the schools we’re working to help.

July 27, 2023

Civics in the News

February 2026

As we head toward Civic Learning Week, civics is in the news:

The Lincoln Presidential Foundation’s Erin Carlson Mast and iCivics Chief Policy and Advocacy Officer Shawn Healy made an appeal for civics on Presidents’ Day in the Chicago Tribune
The Christian Science Monitor editorial board makes the case for civic education during America’s 250th
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette tells the story of a local civics educator
Rick Hess used his column in Education Week to discuss with Ashley Berner, Director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy, what the erosion of civil society means for schools