Education advocates are urging stronger national civics standards as new data highlights gaps in students’ understanding of American government ahead of a federal assessment update. Every four years, ...

New test scores and surveys are laying out a sobering reality in classrooms across the country: a lot of students are ...

Education advocates are urging stronger national civics standards as new data highlights gaps in students’ understanding of American government ahead of a federal assessment update. Every four years, ...

Americans are more knowledgeable this year in answering basic civics questions, according to the Annenberg Constitution Day Civics Survey, conducted annually by the Annenberg Public Policy Center ...

House of Delegates Majority Leader Pat McGeehan, left, and state Senator Laura Wakin-Chapman, right, listen as Gov. Patrick Morrisey talks about the importance of youth learning basic civics in making ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

A recent survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania found that only one in four Americans can name all three branches of government. One in three can’t name any.

I would like to remind U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minnesota, of some basic civics lessons that he seems to have forgotten recently. The First Amendment of the Bills of Rights guarantees all Americans the ...

Civics, the study of what it means to be a citizen, focusing on the rights, duties, and responsibilities of community members, involves understanding how government functions, including citizens’ ...

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Americans are more knowledgeable this year in answering basic civics questions, according to the Annenberg Constitution Day Civics Survey, conducted annually by the Annenberg Public Policy Center ...