Civics Renewal Network, an alliance of more than 38 – and growing – nonprofit, nonpartisan organizations that provide no-cost online classroom resources and materials for civics education. The
Civics Renewal Network is a project of the Leonore Annenberg Institute for Civics at the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.
Civics 101 is a podcast refresher course on the basics of our democracy, with accompanying digital lessons and materials for students, teachers and civics hobbyists. Both groups share a commitment to educating about the importance of civics education, the founding principles of democracy and the ongoing rights and responsibilities of citizenry.
Currently, about 42 states and the District of Columbia require at least one course related to civics education for high school graduation, according to a Brown Center Report on American Education, an annual analysis of the state of education in the U.S. Most states require two or three of these types of courses for high school graduation. Together,