You gotta like Republican State Rep. Brandon Creighton of Conroe. He is a man of resolution. This legislative session he has already introduced resolutions congratulating the Conroe High School Band ...

The Act to Promote and Enhance Civic Engagement, signed into law by Gov. Charlie Baker in November 2018, mandated that American history, social sciences and civics be taught in public schools. It also ...

Stephen Miller, President Donald Trump’s White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, attempted to deliver a “civics lesson” to U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), but his move quickly backfired, ...

The Will Rogers Memorial is offering educators short, online civics lessons using the words of Oklahoma’s Favorite Son. Will Rogers took his comedy act to Congress at a time when everyone could laugh ...

Need a civics refresher? How about over lunch? Eleesha Tucker is a professor of American history and civics education at Utah Valley University Center for Constitutional Studies. She also is part of ...

Americans' trust in government is at a record low. Fewer citizens participate in elections than other similarly developed democracies. To top it all off, young people have limited opportunities to ...

RICHMOND — Americans have been to class every day since Jan. 20: civics class. For months, various writers have moaned about adults not knowing enough about our democracy and that civics is no longer ...

Sometimes a letter is all it takes to meet and chat with a very important person. Just days after retiring from the nation's highest court, former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor mingled with students at ...

When Gary West taught elementary school social studies two decades ago in a suburb of San Antonio, he wasn’t afraid to take his lessons beyond the bounds of the textbook. West wasn’t told to steer ...

It’s never too late to learn civics—even if you’re antagonizing other members of Congress on the House floor, apparently. Shortly after a vote on the House’s stopgap spending bill, Representative ...

In the Indy, I read with interest of protests and events, attending some to listen to participants, as I seek to figure out, if possible, what’s happening on multiple fronts. I text organizers for ...

Something happened at the Jacob Javits Center on July 20, besides the resounding rejection of the six World Trade Center redevelopment plans put forward by the Port Authority and the Lower Manhattan ...