Justice Sandra Day O'Connor wants you to play video games

Jun 25, 2010 |
By Brian Alseth, ACLU-Washington

These are all very difficult and complex issues, but the iCivics games do a remarkable job of making the concepts manageable and easy to understand.  

iCivics and Harlan Institute Announce New Partnership

Jun 23, 2010 |

June 23, 2010 – Washington, D.C.  

The Harlan Institute announced a new partnership today with iCivics Inc., the nonprofit civic education program founded by Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. The two organizations will integrate Argument...

Forget Grand Theft Auto

Jun 21, 2010 |
By Kathryn Wilson, Tonic

This year's Games For Change Festival unveiled a number of computer and video games that are bettering the world one click at a time.

State Bar promotes innovative Web-based civics education program created by Retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor

Jun 08, 2010 |

The State Bar is partnering with Retired U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and the Wisconsin Supreme Court to promote iCivics, Justice O’Connor’s innovative Web-based project designed to reinvigorate civics education in...

New Computer Games Promote Civics Education

Jun 08, 2010 |
By eSchool News Featured Site

The online role-playing games on iCivics are free, teacher-friendly, and effective–and kids like them so much in school that they play them at home, too, O’Connor said.

Back to basics by getting back to civics education

May 28, 2010 |
By Francine Kiefer

The No Child Left Behind Act has crowded out civics learning in America's schools. It's more than memorizing the names of all the presidents, as former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor shows with her "iCivics" computer...