Resources Policy

This report was created as a product of members of the CivxNow and Listen First coalitions. These insights should be interpreted as a general collective consensus of our learning, not the individual views of a person nor the stance of their organization.

As Congress grapples with the federal government’s policies towards artificial intelligence (AI), we must invest in teachers’ capacity to develop students’ media literacy skills across the curriculum.

Check out our brand new leave behinds summarizing the Civics Secures Democracy Act for House office visits, and to use in the rest of your advocacy!

Check out our brand new leave behinds summarizing the Civics Secures Democracy Act for Senate office visits, and to use in the rest of your advocacy!

Utilize our one-pager for the business community to share calls to action for business leaders to support civic and economic strength through the passage of the Civics Secures Democracy Act.

A national call to action to reinvest in and reimage civic learning.

A bipartisan majority of Americans see civic education as the most meaningful solution to strengthen our country, democracy, and national common identity.

This is the moment to rebuild the nation’s civic strength. We need to invest in civic education. The CivxNow federal policy agenda stipulates that change at the local level, linked to commitment to equity, is the key lever for better civic education, and that the federal government can activate and support this change by using our eight recommendations to restore civic education for civic strength.

The CivxNow Coalition unites the civic learning community in a nationwide movement to improve and strengthen state-level policies and practices in civic education. To strengthen the quality of K–12 civic education, the CivxNow Coalition urges state and local education policymakers to focus on the policy goals in our State Policy Menu.

A guide to the CivxNow Policy Menu of recommendations for advocates, educators, and policymakers.

Guidance for enhancing the rigors of K-12 civics, economics, geography, and history.

Investing in civic learning has real world outcomes that strengthen American democracy.

Resources for high schools to implement promising approaches to civic learning and engagement.

A case study on how Illinois effectively implemented civic education legislation and support for educators, utilizes public-private funding, and the outcomes of the implementation and investments.

A look at 11 schools and districts that make preparing students for citizenship a priority and guide for how other communities can replicate their success.

A report of the Massachusetts Special Commission on CivicEngagement and Learning regarding the status of civic engagement and learning in the Commonwealth and recommendations for improvement.

A blueprint for action to reinvigorate civic education.

Utilize the social media kit to advocate for civic education policies and share the CivxNow Policy Menu of recommendations with your network.

Resources and strategies for the government and civic education community to improve civic learning in the states and effectively engage students.

This report provides an updated state-by-state analysis of civics education requirements and civic engagement measures.

A portrait of civics education in the United States including student performance, state policies, teacher characteristics, and student survey results as windows into students’ experiences.