Government is a high school graduation requirement in Ohio, but only 32% of the state's 18-year-olds were registered to vote ...

Similar to Reading Week in March, each year, students and teachers also dedicate a week to celebrate Social Studies. The observance typically falls around Constitution Day (a national holiday ...

Carnegie Corporation of New York, founded by steel magnate and library builder Andrew Carnegie, thinks the public ...

Gracinda Oliveira, of South Dartmouth, became a U.S. citizen on Sept. 18 and cannot wait to cast her vote in the upcoming election.

As the presidential election inches closer, Ohio social studies and government teachers are using this as an opportunity to ...

Madison West High School piloted the legislative semester course for its first time to provide students with an elective to ...

It’s election season. Too bad a study this year from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce found that more than 70% of respondents ...

Less than 25% of eighth graders are proficient in civics, and PBS is trying to combat that. In partnership with GBH, which is the primary PBS station out of Boston, PBS LearningMedia has put ...

Bobb is president and CEO of the Bill of Rights Institute, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that advances civic and ...

Could you pass a citizenship test? One professor says his experience is proof that colleges need to do a better job teaching ...

With a recent survey showing a third of American adults can’t name the three branches of the federal government, many think ...