Efforts to participate in civics education can inspire us as we work toward a more perfect union. According to several national indexes and surveys, confidence in state courts is declining nationally.

SALT LAKE CITY — This year we celebrate the country's 250th birthday, but some Utah civics teachers are tiptoeing through lessons about the constitution because of the current political climate.

Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it. And perform worse on tests. The latest results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress found that scores for eight-grade ...

Hoping to build on a campaign promise to make the Spokane City Council more accessible to residents unfamiliar with the ...

Conservatives have long cast a skeptical eye on “action civics” in schools. The term refers to the idea that students shouldn’t just learn about citizenship in classrooms, but practice it through ...

Perhaps at no moment in recent American memory has a widespread understanding of civics been more important. But the signs are not good. Recent surveys indicate that fewer than half of American adults ...

It would be nice if political journalists read more. It would be nicer still if we didn’t constantly have to wonder whether ...

The Desert Sun’s recent reporting by Tom Coulter about Californians wanting more civics courses for young people, “Amid growing polarization, most Californians want to see stronger civics courses for ...