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February 2, 2023

Rhode Island’s Social Studies Standards Fail Students, Report Finds

The Civics Alliance

A new report provides a detailed critique of Rhode Island's Social Studies Standards (2023), which fail to achieve the fundamental goals of American social studies education.

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January 6, 2023

New Primary Source Appendix for “American Birthright”

National Association of Scholars

The Primary Source Appendix for "American Birthright" makes all of our sources easily available for teachers, students, parents, and education administrators.

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June 23, 2022

Press Release: Report Finds Utah’s Civics Mandate Is Undermined by Growing DEI Bureaucracy

National Association of Scholars

Utah’s law requiring students at public universities to study American history and government fails to guarantee a robust civics education for all students.

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May 26, 2022

Press Release: Report Finds Arizona Universities Ignore Board of Regents' Intent, Grow DEI Bureaucracy

National Association of Scholars

Instead of ensuring a robust civic education, Arizona’s universities prioritize an ever-growing number of classes rooted in critical theory.

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February 16, 2022

New Study Shows What Works for Civics Education

National Association of Scholars and Pioneer Institute

Americans strongly disagree about how our K-12 schools should teach our system of self-government. Dozens of organizations offer rival civics education resources and many of them don't work. A new......

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March 22, 2021

Scholars Announce Launch of The Civics Alliance

National Association of Scholars

NAS is pleased to announce The Civics Alliance, a new coalition dedicated to defending and restoring true civics education across the United States.

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January 10, 2017

Radical Activists Hijack Civics Education, Study Finds

National Association of Scholars

PRESS RELEASE: A new study, Making Citizens, documents how activists have taken over the term "civic learning" and turned it into a way to raise up a new generation of protesters. 

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October 7, 2013

National Association of Scholars Receives Grant to Study College-Level Civics Education

PRESS RELEASE: The Daniels Fund in Denver, Colorado, has awarded the NAS a $45,000 grant to conduct a study of civics teaching in four universities.

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