Teaching citizenship focuses on engaging students: Doing substitutes for knowing.

It will be hard for young Americans to save democracy if they don't know much about civics or history. Many have opinions, but few facts.

The U.S. Education Department will fund patriotic education for America's 250th anniversary, but will schools go along?

Civic activism can't be required in Texas public schools if it requires communicating with federal, state or local officials, reports...