The stories of these four state programs on civic learning will provide educators around the country with valuable information on how to advocate for restoring the civic mission of schools.

Lesson Plan by Lara Maupin and PBS NewsHour Staff

Exploring race and other controversial issues in a civil and productive manner develops students’ racial literacies and equips them to be proactive citizens in a democratic society.

The suggested resources in this article can help teachers develop students' media literacy skills.

The featured document from a parade to celebrate the Constitution can serve as an engaging entry point into a lesson about the founding document and the campaign for ratification in 1788.

Students take on the roles of archivists and researchers when they study primary documents at the Constitution in Action Lab.

Two experts on youth and civic participation present very different views on the controversial proposal to require high school students to pass the INS test.

Examining the Supreme Court’s reversal on abortion rights can foster important classroom discussions on the principle of stare decisis and on judicial activism.

When we recognize our own biases and encourage young people to do the same, we help students understand that there is a continuum of options between not trusting anybody and blindly trusting selected experts.