The Gettysburg area lies in PA Senate District 33. We are currently represented by Doug Mastriano, who has been in the seat ...

Civics and history often got the short shrift as teachers focused on mandatory reading instruction. That’s changing.

And we're responsible for our own government. And I think over the generations, and maybe every generation feels this way, we feel like our civics education is slipping, and people don't appreciate ...

Government is a high school graduation requirement in Ohio, but only 32% of the state's 18-year-olds were registered to vote ...

Similar to Reading Week in March, each year, students and teachers also dedicate a week to celebrate Social Studies. The observance typically falls around Constitution Day (a national holiday ...

UB philosophers' minimal standard seen as a way of pointing voters toward the questions they should ask about candidates ...

Carnegie Corporation of New York, founded by steel magnate and library builder Andrew Carnegie, thinks the public ...

Gracinda Oliveira, of South Dartmouth, became a U.S. citizen on Sept. 18 and cannot wait to cast her vote in the upcoming election.

It’s election season. Too bad a study this year from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce found that more than 70% of respondents failed a basic U.S. civic literacy quiz, with ...

As the presidential election inches closer, Ohio social studies and government teachers are using this as an opportunity to ...