Education advocates are urging stronger national civics standards as new data highlights gaps in students’ understanding of American government ahead of a federal assessment update. Every four years, ...

WASHINGTON — More students are learning the basics when it comes to history and civics, but they aren't rising to the next level, national tests show. The history and civics tests were given to ...

The Annenberg Public Policy Center’s annual civics survey for Constitution Day (Sept. 17) found this year that a significant number of Americans could not answer basic facts about the U.S. government.

WASHINGTON (TNND) — Start your morning with The National News Desk as Jan Jeffcoat sits down with Senior Director of Communications for Defending Education, Erika Sanzi, to discuss a growing civics ...

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.

Jonathan Butcher is the Acting Director of the Center for Education Policy and Will Skillman Senior Research Fellow in Education Policy at The Heritage Foundation, and the author of “Splintered: ...

Baltimore County police are investigating a Towson carjacking in which the stolen vehicle was involved in a series of hit-and-run collisions Friday, according t Cecil County kitchen fire displaces 8 ...