On the "Nation's Report Card," history scores were the lowest ever, and civics showed the first decline ever.

Seeing a “civics education crisis,” the National Civics Bee aims to pump up nonpartisan enthusiasm for the topic with a contest for middle-schoolers, now in its third year. “I’ve been ...

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On the "Nation's Report Card," history scores were the lowest ever, and civics showed the first decline ever.