“America is not perfect, but perfection is not its promise. Opportunity is. And as long as we remain faithful to that idea, the American Dream will endure.” So wrote a high school student from ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Manno writes on education, workforce training, and career pathways. More than seven out of 10 U.S. adults give a grade of C or ...

A century ago, civics education was inseparable from the teaching of personal responsibility and virtues. Today, civics education has changed drastically—and not for the better. Some states do not ...

The American promise holds only if the next generation knows and understands it. One of just five state-funded civics centers in Ohio, Miami’s Center for Civics, Culture, and Society advances this ...

This fall, as millions of students return to school and America approaches its 250 th birthday, something troubling is happening in classrooms across the country. Our civics teachers are going silent.

The $1.3 million federal grant will be used to provide seminars for Michigan high school students and teachers to improve ...

Experts argue that learning about the country's history, how democracy works and how to become an informed participant are ...

Even some of the most experienced civics teachers are avoiding certain topics in the classroom amid the current political climate, worried about courting controversy, according to a new, small survey ...

The results for the nation's report card are abysmal and present a major warning sign for the future regarding the ability of young people to grasp the events that shaped America and how the nation's ...

A healthy democracy depends on informed, active citizens who understand they have the power and the responsibility to make their voices heard, whether at the Colorado Capitol or on Capitol Hill in ...

Madison Marino Doan is a senior research associate in the Center for Education Policy at The Heritage Foundation. Jonathan Butcher / @JM_Butcher Jonathan Butcher is the Will Skillman fellow in ...