Opinion
Red, white and who? The decline of civics education and what conservatives are doing about it“No taxation without representation” was the rallying cry of early Americans who knew what was happening in their government and wanted to have a say. But few of their modern… Read More
Public Education
PragerU CEO myth-busts curricula concerns in South CarolinaAfter the announcement that PragerU Kids materials would be available in South Carolina schools ignited controversy last week, CEO Marissa Streit spoke to The Heartlander to… Read More
Public Education
South Carolina approves PragerU for use in public school classrooms, joining 7 other statesSouth Carolina has joined the growing number of states making PragerU educational materials available in its public schools. Ellen Weaver, state education superintendent, and PragerU CEO Marissa Streit… Read More
Public Education
Nevada approves new charter school using curriculum from conservative Christian collegeA new Nevada charter school, set to begin operating for the 2025-26 academic year, is planning to use curriculum developed by Hillsdale College, a Christian college… Read More
Government
You Rule! How saving America depends entirely on you and what you can do about itThe following is a 10-article series based on Executive Editor Michael Ryan’s ebook YouRule!: How Saving America Depends Entirely on You And What You Can Do About It. (1)… Read More
Culture
YouRule!: Here’s an amazing story that will curl your toes and get you ‘properly astonished’ about America(Editor’s note: This is the 9th of 10 articles serializing Executive Editor Michael Ryan’s ebook YouRule: How Saving America Depends Entirely on You And What You Can Do About… Read More
Culture
YouRule!: The ‘Five Cs’ of civic construction, and how they can rebuild America(Editor’s note: This is the 7th of 10 articles serializing Executive Editor Michael Ryan’s ebook YouRule: How Saving America Depends Entirely on You And What You… Read More
Culture
Better ‘civic education’ needed for an America overrun by ‘too much law,’ argues Supreme Court Justice GorsuchAmericans need to better understand how their government works if they want to address the problem of overregulation, says U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch. In… Read More
Culture
Patriotic kids receive free ice cream for reciting Pledge of AllegianceIf your kids love America and ice cream, then The I Pledge Project was made just for them. In addition to being the month in… Read More
Culture
What stands between US citizens and the American dream today(Daily Signal) – Is the American dream a feasible aspiration anymore? Housing prices and interest rates are up, making it almost impossible for young people to afford to… Read More
Christian Schools
Study suggests school choice could help mend America’s partisan divideSchool choice may help students overcome the growing divisiveness observed by cultural commentators today – and do more good for the public than public education itself, a new study suggests. Read More
Christian Schools
Private and parochial schools produce better citizens than public schools, new research findsThe movement to establish public schools in America was based around a simple idea, namely that a widely educated populus would benefit the nation by being better citizens. Horace Mann,… Read More
Government
The significance of the Ten Commandments can now be taught in Utah public schools as part of American HistoryUtah public schools will now have the ability to teach the Ten Commandments after a new law was passed in the Legislature. Utah Gov. Sean Cox signed a bill last… Read More
Culture
‘You can’t fix what you don’t understand’: New study raises more worries about America’s civics literacyA new survey found 70% of Americans would fail a basic civics literacy quiz. The survey by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce of 2,000 registered voters… Read More
Opinion
Beware civics education’s ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’(The Daily Signal) – Everyone agrees that American students need better civics education. Civic knowledge in America is abysmal. Fewer than half of American adults can name the three branches… Read More
Christian Schools
Iowa Christian School wins statewide civics awardAhead of the November election, students of voting age at Ankeny Christian School in Ankeny, Iowa are focused on their civic duty. The school was recently named a winner of… Read More
Government
Civics reform introduced in Wisconsin, but state education department, Democrats, refuse to get on boardWisconsin’s top educrats and Democrats are opposed to requiring patriotic civics classes in the state’s public schools. Assembly Bill 898 would require the Wisconsin Department of… Read More
Public Education
Sons of American Revolution student and educator awards submission deadlines fast approachingThe Sons of the American Revolution is encouraging students and educators to submit applications for its various awards, some with cash prizes worth thousands of dollars. SAR is a congressionally… Read More
Culture
Solving America’s history and civics crisis(The Daily Signal) – History and civics education in America is languishing. A troubling number of Americans can’t even pass a U.S. citizenship test. Pioneer Institute‘s recent poll findings on… Read More
Homeschools
Kansas legislators encourage homeschoolers’ participation: ‘You know your child best’Four legislators from the Kansas House and Senate urged homeschool families to get more involved in the state’s educational policies, even inviting them to testify at legislative committees. “Legislation… Read More