Sustaining an American National Identity Requires Civic Education

Let’s Mark America 250 with a Civic Education Revival

Let’s Mark America 250 with a Civic Education Revival

'Informed American Patriotism': Texas Schools Bring Traditional Civics Back to the Classroom

'Informed American Patriotism': Texas Schools Bring Traditional Civics Back to the Classroom

Elementary students learn civics through SEL, projects

Melissa Collins, an elementary teacher, emphasizes civic education in her classroom by integrating social and emotional learn -More-

Democrat Weaponized Narratives

Photo Credit: Perchance AIA society stripped of civic pride struggles with cohesion. Without a sense of legitimate inheritance -- flawed yet worthy of stewardship -- patriotism wanes.

Academic Civics: What Does It Mean to Be a Citizen of Your University?

Academic Civics: What Does It Mean to Be a Citizen of Your University? Elizabeth Redden Wed, 07/08/2026 - 03:00 AM To safeguard the future of the American university, we need to reconnect with our institutions, and one another. Byline(s) Adam T. Smith

250 Reasons This Is the Time for a Renaissance in Civic Education

Virginia embraced an effort to renew students’ patriotic zeal that could be a blueprint for other states The post 250 Reasons This Is the Time for a Renaissance in Civic Education appeared first on Education Next.

Political science professor blames civic knowledge decline on US education

A political science professor says the United States’ education system has failed to instill a basic understanding of the nation’s founding principles, arguing that civic ignorance poses a greater threat to the country than foreign adversaries. Suffolk Community College political science professor and Campus Reform higher education fellow Nick Giordano told the Just the News, []...Click to read more

Selling Our Birthright

Most Americans have been raised since childhood to understand that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution confers American citizenship automatically at birth to all those newborns fortunate enough to find themselves on United States territory. Unlike European countries or, for that matter, almost everywhere in the world, America, we are taught in elementary school civics classes, welcomes citizens on the basis of ius soli, the law of the soil, rather than ius sanguinis. The post Selling Our Birthright appeared first on .

America’s 250th is an invitation to help kids understand exactly what this country is all about

As America approaches its 250th birthday, we’re about to hear a lot about the founders. Schools and sites of civic care will revisit the names and lives of George Washington, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and more. There will be lessons about the extraordinary risks of the founders as they mutually pledged to each []

The Deeper Meaning of Ketanji Brown Jackson vs. Clarence Thomas on Birthright Citizenship

The justices both claim history as their guide.

Linda McMahon Champions Pledge of Allegiance and Civics Education Revival Across K-12 Schools

WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Linda McMahon is spearheading a national initiative to reinstate the Pledge of Allegiance and revitalize civics education in K-12 schools, warning that a severe decline in patriotism is threatening the foundational values of the United States. During a recent broadcast discussing the state of American education and agriculture, McMahon and Agriculture []

A Naturalized Citizen Reflects on the Declaration

A Naturalized Citizen Reflects on the Declaration

Our American Heritage

Yes, Americans have a shared heritage — but it’s not about race or culture.

Supreme Court rulings live: Trump turns to Congress to end birthright citizenship after SCOTUS strikes down executive order

Justices affirmed that anyone born in the US is a citizen, per the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment

Are We Subjects or Citizens? Birthright Citizenship and the Constitution

It is absurd to believe that the Fourteenth Amendment confers the boon of American citizenship on the children of illegal aliens. The post Are We Subjects or Citizens? Birthright Citizenship and the Constitution appeared first on Imprimis.

GOP Lawmakers Move to Scrap Federal Rule Critics Say Unfairly Targets Career Schools

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Rep. Mark Harris, R-N.C., is set to introduce a bill to repeal a federal rule skewing higher education funding. Currently, career and technical schools are being singled out while traditional public and nonprofit colleges and universities are exempt. “Washington should not pick winners and losers in higher education,” Harris told the...

Civic education in Latin America needs moral roots

Civic education in Latin America needs moral roots

NCPTA’s Deafening Silence: How parental failure, moral decay and social media excesses are turning Ghana’s schools into theatres of indiscipline

Education has always been regarded as society’s most powerful instrument for transmitting values, culture, discipline, and responsible citizenship from one generation to another. Schools are not merely centres for academic instruction; they are institutions deliberately designed to shape character, instil moral responsibility, and prepare young people for productive adulthood. The partnership between parents, schools, and []

One-Third Of Americans Can Barely Read, But They Can Still Vote

There is a culture of silence around the true status of American schools, and how their incompetence is destroying American self-government.

शिक्षा तथा खेलकुद मन्त्रालयको सल्लाहकारमा झा नियुक्त

काठमाडौँ। शिक्षा तथा खेलकुद मन्त्रालयको सल्लाहकारमा शैलेन्द्र झा नियुक्त भएका छन्। शिक्षा, प्रविधि, सार्वजनिक नीति तथा शैक्षिक नवप्रवर्तनका क्षेत्रमा अनुभवी झा शिक्षा प्रणाली सुधार, नीति निर्माण, युवा सशक्तीकरण र प्रविधिमैत्री शिक्षाको क्षेत्रमा सक्रिय छन्। उनको नियुक्तिलाई मन्त्रालयको नीतिगत तथा संस्थागत सुधारमा महत्त्वपूर्ण कदमका रूपमा हेरिएको छ। यसअघि झा काठमाडौँ महानगरपालिकाको सहरी योजना आयोगमा शिक्षा, प्रविधि []

America 250: Inside Colonial Williamsburg, where America’s story began

For America’s 250th birthday, the Washington Examiner is taking you to Virginia’s Historic Triangle, where the story of our nation began. From the Jamestown settlement, the first permanent English colony in America; to the Yorktown battlefield, where the fight for independence was won; to Colonial Williamsburg, where America’s founding principles were debated and shaped; step []

Why We Must Become Black American

A Clark Atlanta professor argues why Black people in the U.S. must deliberately reclaim the term African American to honor both history and civic belonging.

Migration, Aspiration and Cohesion

Immigration is not simply a matter of labour supply or GDP growth. It is also about belonging, identity, and the intangible bonds of genuine citizenship

US Supreme Court rules against Trump order to restrict birthright citizenship

High court upholds 14th Amendment principle that children born on US soil automatically receive citizenship

During World War I, This Woman Asked Americans to Welcome Immigrants—and Urged New Arrivals to Assimilate

Progressive reformer Frances Kellor spearheaded efforts to celebrate Americanization Day, arguing that immigrants should fully embrace U.S. culture to better adapt to life in their new home

America’s next 250 years depend on passing faith and freedom to our children

As America celebrates its 4th of July milestone, the real question is whether we're teaching the next generation about faith, freedom and patriotism.

LARRY KUDLOW: We Must Fight for Our Freedoms

The language of the Declaration of Independence underscores the greatness of American core values and our economy.

Why More Founders Are Pursuing a Second Citizenship

One passport is good. Two might be smarter.

Read what US government say you should do after receiving your Green Card immediately

The United States of America government has outlined the important steps lawful permanent residents should take after receiving their Green Card.

The Shawshank Department Of Education Will Be Harder To Undo Than It Seems. Plus, The Pandemic Haunts Us And Sweet Virginia…

A lot below: Accountability debates in Virginia, dismantling the Department of Education, Ross Weiner’s op-ed, the national voucher tax credit, and child protective services. Plus – when Starlee Coleman attacks and Natalie Wexler on history standards. ICYMI I enjoyed talking AI with Alex Kotran, who is leading some really interesting work in the sector. You Continue reading The Shawshank Department Of Education Will Be Harder To Undo Than It Seems. Plus, The Pandemic Haunts Us And Sweet Virginia

What a subway ride with white supremacists taught me about America

Surrounded by masked Patriot Front members on the DC Metro, I considered what it means to be an American

The Insight: What Does it Mean to Be an American?

The US is one of the few places on Earth where citizenship is tied to the ground you're born on, not your heritage. Why does the 'right of the soil' feel so uniquely tied to being 'American,' compared to being from a different nation? What are the other defining characteristics of the American identity?

Once a federal boarding school, local tribes now set the curriculum at the Santa Fe Indian School

For more than a century, federal boarding schools worked to forcibly assimilate Native American children into white culture. We visit one school that has rewritten its legacy.

The Giving Review: Thinking small is a big idea

As faith in national politics declines, Americans can find purpose, agency, and community by investing in the local institutions and civic associations that have long been the foundation of American life.

Former professor exposes ‘grievance culture’ in American education

Heritage Senior Advisor and Research Fellow Allen Mendenhall has exposed what he calls a “grievance culture” which has trickled into America’s education system. “It’s difficult to say what American kids learn in school because we don’t have a single national curriculum. What students learn depends on a state-by-state basis, but even within each state it depends on which school district you’re in,” Mr Mendenhall told Sky News host Danica De Giorgio. “But I can say from personal experience and from observations serving on our state textbook committee that there is a sense of grievance culture that trickles into the curriculum.”