Record youth voter turnout in 2018 and 2020 came amidst waves of heightened enthusiasm around those elections. National get-out-the-vote campaigns channeled that energy to successfully mobilize ...
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 cross the nation, red states are allocating hundreds of millions of dollars to found “civic institutes” at their public universities. Florida budgeted $3 million to create the Hamilton Center for ...
Recently, EdSource reported that 67% of Californians believe that public schools should prioritize civic education, according to a poll conducted by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC).
While this may be a good time to take advantage of the public’s attention, it’s also a time when teachers increasingly fear repercussions for offending students. By Alina Tugend This article is from a ...
In his recent piece in Education Next, my AEI colleague Frederick Hess offers a crucial corrective to the prevailing winds in civic education. He calls for a “post-BS civics” – one grounded not in ...
The people who founded America educated themselves about democracy. They studied the histories of earlier civilizations and understood why they had failed. They also had experienced the reality of ...
As an educator, researcher, and advocate for civic engagement, I am deeply alarmed by America’s dwindling civic literacy. This crisis poses a direct threat to the integrity of our democracy. Recent ...
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Civic education vital for youth awareness

As the continuous voter registration exercise is ongoing across the country, civic education should be a priority in addressing high voter apathy among Kenyan youth. Low voter registration among the ...
The U.S. Department of Education unveiled plans Wednesday to promote “patriotic education” in civics and history classrooms—a cause that President Donald Trump, who has accused schools of foisting ...
A striking new Gallup poll reveals a sobering truth: just 58 percent of Americans describe themselves as “extremely” or “very” proud to be American—the lowest level since the question was first posed ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Education last week unveiled major initiatives aimed at increasing transparency in higher education and deepening civic understanding among K–12 students, ...