Nationally, there’s a growing interest in teaching public school students the history of the U.S. government and the role of citizenship.
An Oct. 6 research report from the North Carolina-based James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal notes that every state except Alaska, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin requires completion of a civics course for high school graduation.
The National Council of State Legislatures reported that, since 2023, at least 23 states and Washington, D.C., have passed laws requiring civic education in K–12. This was, in part, a response to a 2022 report from the National Center for Education Statistics that revealed one in six Americans could not name any branches of the U.S. government….
Civics Education Gaining Ground in K-12 and Higher Education
