Sandra Day O'Connor Promotes Civics Education: Los Angeles Times

Dec 28, 2011 |
By Howard Blume

During a recent trip to Los Angeles, [Justice O'Connor] talked up iCivics, an expanding online program aimed at middle school students.

The free curriculum includes lesson plans and games that are linked to subjects and skills that various...

Gaming Goes to College

Nov 30, 2011 |

As we here at iCivics know, video gaming is about a lot more than just pressing buttons while sitting in front of the screen.  Games can and are powerful teaching tools.  According to "...

Washington state’s TVW station has featured iCivics!

Nov 23, 2011 |

Engaged: Students Becoming Citizens put together a segment that has commentary from Washington Supreme Court Justice Mary Fairhurst and Seattle law professor...

New Game: Run For President at Any Age!

Nov 14, 2011 |

Now you can run for president … in your classroom or at home! iCivics has just launched our newest game: Win the White House. ...

Southern Exposure

Nov 03, 2011 |

The weather here at iCivics HQ has started to turn chilly, but we've had the opportunity to get a peek of how people are taking to our games in slightly warmer climes.  We just returned from a great trip to Texas where we met the wonderful...

Scholars Put Civics in Same Category as Literacy, Math

Oct 24, 2011 |
By Jaclyn Zubrzycki

College-ready, career-ready … and citizenship-ready? Ten papersreleased by the American Enterprise Institute last week make the case that civics education is as critical as literacy and mathematics. They also explore what civics education...