Education advocates are urging stronger national civics standards as new data highlights gaps in students’ understanding of American government ahead of a federal assessment update. Every four years, ...

WASHINGTON — More students are learning the basics when it comes to history and civics, but they aren't rising to the next level, national tests show. The history and civics tests were given to ...

WASHINGTON (TNND) — Start your morning with The National News Desk as Jan Jeffcoat sits down with Senior Director of Communications for Defending Education, Erika Sanzi, to discuss a growing civics ...

The Annenberg Public Policy Center’s annual civics survey for Constitution Day (Sept. 17) found this year that a significant number of Americans could not answer basic facts about the U.S. government.

This fall, as millions of students return to school and America approaches its 250 th birthday, something troubling is happening in classrooms across the country. Our civics teachers are going silent.

As part of their Law Day programming, the Washington County Bar Association and the Washington County Bar Foundation invite the public to attend a “Civics 101 and America 250” program at 6 p.m.

During Wednesday evening’s regular city council meeting, Aberdeen City Administrator Ruth Clemens presided over a graduation ceremony for citizens who participated in the city’s first ever Civics ...

Baltimore County police are investigating a Towson carjacking in which the stolen vehicle was involved in a series of hit-and-run collisions Friday, according t Cecil County kitchen fire displaces 8 ...