RICHMOND — Americans have been to class every day since Jan. 20: civics class. For months, various writers have moaned about adults not knowing enough about our democracy and that civics is no longer ...
A police officer walks toward the U.S. Capitol rotunda as morning light illuminates a statue of President Abraham Lincoln on May 4 in Washington, D.C. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post) Perspective by ...
As a mom of three school-age children, I believe Matthew Hennessey’s “My Daughter Is Driven to Learn Civics” (op-ed, March 11) gives us a beautiful example of civics education. His description of ...
A new state-mandated civics curriculum for middle schoolers that includes discussing the rights of citizens and immigrants, how interest groups influence policy, and why issues such as human rights ...