More than seven out of 10 U.S. adults give a grade of C or worse to K-12 public schools' efforts to prepare students "to be ...

Until the 1960s, civics education was a priority and American public high school students were typically required to take three civics courses: Civics, Problems of Democracy, and U.S. Government.

More than 800,000 people each year take a 10-question civics test to try to become a U.S. citizen.. A bill passed by the Iowa House and Senate would require students in grades nine-through-12 to ...

Students who fail the civics test should then be required to take, and pass, a civics course. Adopt training programs for civics instructors.