When the blueprint for the nation’s report card on civics was last updated, in 1996, there was no social media, no super PACs in campaign finance, and no federal Department of Homeland Security. Now, ...

There's a proposal to make it a requirement for high school graduation for students to pass a 100 question civics test. The proposal is controversial but if it can help kids learn about the world in ...

Last week, lawmakers in Oregon proposed a bill that would require all public-school students in the state to pass the civics portion of the U.S. naturalization test before receiving their high-school ...

Eighth-grade U.S. history and civics test scores dropped last year to their lowest levels ever recorded by the Department of Education. These are just the latest declines among subjects tested since ...

Last month, the American Educational Research Association (AERA) touted a new study reporting that, as the press release headline had it, “State-Mandated Civics Test Policy Does Not Improve Youth ...

A voting sign outside Salina Intermediate School in Dearborn, Mich., during the state's primary on Feb. 27. (Joshua Lott/The Washington Post) Regarding Daniel Pink’s March 5 Tuesday Opinion column, ...