Civic Engagement Cultures Government 
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 1, 2021
They point to dismal scores on national history and civics exams — less than 25 percent scored as proficient — as proof that schools need to spend more time teaching students core facts about our system of government, and warn that civics projects are displacing that instruction. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.
TCI
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Responding to these concerns, the federal government increased funding for K-12 civics and history education funding from $7.75 It has enabled states to expand access to culturally relevant content, address equity concerns, and enhance students’ digital skills and civic readiness.
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ED Surge
OCTOBER 11, 2023
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. In 2020, California adopted a State Seal of Civic Engagement that high school students can earn upon graduation.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 12, 2019
The process, known as participatory budgeting, was meant to ignite student interest in democracy and civic engagement. Related: In New York City, some schools are embracing culturally responsive education. For weeks, the momentum favored the greenhouse project.
Political Science Now
OCTOBER 1, 2024
Summer RISE (Reimagining an Innovative Student Experience) is an initiative led by the MCPS’s Department of Partnerships in collaboration with businesses, government agencies, higher education institutions, and nonprofit organizations. Some of my favorite classes that I’ve taken are AP American History and AP Government.
Let's Cultivate Greatness
AUGUST 24, 2023
During the 2010s, one specific group, the Civics Education Initiative, made it their goal to have all 50 states make passing some form of the US Naturalization Test (the official name of the test) a high school graduation requirement. Now over a dozen do. Full disclosure—my state does not. This inherently gives the test its why.
Teaching American History
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Czarnecki, a 2022 graduate of the Master of Arts in American History and Government program, wrote the paper for a “Great Texts” course taught by Professor Stephen Tootle on John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath. Completing the MAHG program, she stepped down from her role as Dean so as to also teach courses in US history and government. “I
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