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2018 Edelman Trust Barometer
An 18 year retrospective on the public’s trust in institutions showing that, in only one year, American’s faith in government, business, nongovernmental organizations, and the free press plummeted 37%.
A Crucible Moment: College Learning & Democracy’s Future
A national call to action to reinvest in and reimage civic learning.
All Together Now
Collaboration and innovation for youth engagement including a look at civic action, misinformation, and the shared responsibility of in and out of school influences on civic learning. Showing that only 22% of 18-24 year olds who voted correctly answered two factual questions
Americans’ Civics Knowledge Increases but still has a Long Way to Go
Only 39% of American adults can name the three branches of government, and the link between civics classes and civic knowledge.
Beyond the Ballot
A look at civic education and media literacy as a national security imperative.
Cause and Effect
Explore the current state of civics and effect that declining civic education has had on our constitutional democracy.
Civics is the Solution to What Ails Our Democracy
A bipartisan majority of Americans see civic education as the most meaningful solution to strengthen our country, democracy, and national common identity.
College, Career & Civic Life C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards
Guidance for enhancing the rigors of K-12 civics, economics, geography, and history.
Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Civic Online Reasoning
Effective 21st century civic learning is incumbent upon media literacy skills with more than 80% of middle schoolers studied unable to differentiate between a real news story and an advertisement.