iCivics is Partnering with Boys & Girls Clubs of America!

May 07, 2012 |

This past weekend, Justice O'Connor spoke at the Boys & Girls Club of America's national conference and made a very exciting announcement...

Civic Engagement in the Digital Age

Mar 16, 2012 |

The Education Commission for the States released an interesting report (PDF) on how civic engagement is changing as the first generation of digital natives comes of...

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...

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...

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...

Justice O'Connor Headlines Chicago Ideas Week Educational Reform Panel

Oct 17, 2011 |
By Dawn Rhodes, Chicago Tribune

After more than 24 years in the U.S. Supreme Court, former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor now strives to make civics and government more interesting for young children than it was for her growing up in El Paso, Texas.