Virginia, Florida and South Dakota have new standards that focus on patriotism, Christianity and anti-communism. But debating current events? That’s discouraged. By Dana Goldstein Dana Goldstein ...

Today’s post is the latest in an ongoing series to help teachers thoughtfully navigate the challenges of our current national political environment. Two social studies teachers share what they are ...

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.

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 ...

For many years Keys Fillauer, recently retired Oak Ridge Board of Education chairman, co-taught a blend of civics and personal finance as a popular one-year course for Oak Ridge ninth-grade students.