by Supporting Education | Feb 8, 2021 | News, Student Issues
In 2018, 13 students from Providence, Rhode Island, filed a lawsuit with the U.S. District Court over the quality of their education – specifically demanding that schools provide them a strong foundation in civics, or the study of how contemporary society and...
by Supporting Education | Jul 25, 2019 | News, Student Issues
In a lawsuit brought by students and parents to federal court over the state of Rhode Island’s education—particularly the lack of civics education among its students—the state’s department of education has an interesting defense. They’re not claiming the students are...
by Sarah Green | Jan 17, 2018 | News, Student Issues
Back in 2011, something insidious happened to our schools. Federal funding for civics education was quietly removed from the national budget for education. One year later, only nine states required any basic understanding in civics as a prerequisite for graduation....