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Strengthening Civic Education: The Role of High-Quality Curriculum and Teaching Strategies

TCI

Responding to these concerns, the federal government increased funding for K-12 civics and history education funding from $7.75 This investment represented a tripling of funds dedicated to these subjects in 2023, with continued allocation in the 2024 federal budget. million to $23 million as grants available to states.

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The Future of Democracy Depends on a Quality Civics Education

ED Surge

Right now, millions of students around the country are comfortably in their seats for the 2023-24 school year. Fortunately, in light of democracy’s fragility, there has been a steady increase in initiatives from federal and state governments to incorporate civics education in K-12 classrooms. To reach every student in the U.S.,

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OPINION: We did not need the Nation’s ‘Report Card’ to tell us we must invest in civic education

The Hechinger Report

As a country, we have not invested enough in teaching the very fundamental knowledge, skills and dispositions young people need to be informed and engaged participants in our bold experiment in self-government. At the end of 2022, Congress grew the federal allocation for civic education from $7.75 million to $23 million.

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Elevating Social Studies with High-Quality Instructional Materials

TCI

Responding to these concerns, the federal government increased funding for K-12 civics and history education funding from $7.75 This investment represented a tripling of funds dedicated to these subjects in 2023, with continued allocation in the 2024 federal budget. million to $23 million as grants available to states.