The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Now he’s lobbying his friends who are old enough to vote by informing them how they and their community would benefit if the Oakland Youth Vote passes. Teaching about civic engagement only once in a while is like teaching someone how to swim without ever putting them in the water.”

Civics 143

Civics Civic Engagement High School Government 143

Let's Cultivate Greatness

AUGUST 24, 2023

The information has become something for kids to memorize, not know by heart. In my class, after the syllabus and ice breakers, we brainstorm what the central concept for our course— citizen —means, and I pose our course-long overarching essential question: “How can I be an informed and engaged citizen?”

Civics 52

Civics Government Geography Project-Based Learning 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 3, 2023

Eighth graders who learned about civics in a designated class outperformed those where it was embedded in another class (157 to 153 average scale score), while those with no civics instruction scored just 143. At the end of 2022, Congress grew the federal allocation for civic education from $7.75

Civics 129

Civics Primary Sources Civic Engagement K-12 129