So wrote a high school student from Illinois, one of the winners of the 2025 America’s Field Trip contest. Sponsored by the U.S. Semiquincentennial, or the America 250 Commission, the contest invited ...

Many claim that civic education is the solution to an increasingly polarized America. So why do the headlines suggest just the opposite? The contest over AP African American Studies that pits Florida ...

Only 60 percent of American 8th graders have a basic understanding of U.S. history, according to the new Nation’s Report Card scores recently released, and only 13 percent of them are proficient in ...

America may be a year out from our 250 th birthday, but with the arrival of July 4, 2025 it can fairly be said that we are in our 250 th year. Let’s start the celebration, and let’s make the coming ...

As we approach the 250th anniversary of the American founding, we must confront the hard truth that democracies are not self-executing. They require constant tending by informed, engaged citizens who ...

America’s education system is in crisis. Across all metrics, primary education in the United States is rapidly falling behind. Internationally, American students have stumbled from 15th to 40th place ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — An in-depth conversation at the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum on Tuesday focused on the civics in America and how to handle what’s become a lack of civility.

American civic life is in peril. Voters express disgust with both parties. Elected officials continue to challenge the veracity of the electoral process — including in recent runoff elections. Armed ...

Every year, as teachers return to school, they assume the responsibility of educating America's future leaders, voters, jurors, and neighbors. This year, the responsibility feels heightened as we ...

Douglass recognized this essential point — and it was his grasp of America’s founding documents and their principles that underpinned his most compelling arguments against slavery. By illuminating the ...

As we mark Independence Day in 2025, we are just a year out from the nation’s 250th birthday — a quarter millennium since the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the birth of the United ...