High school students inArizonawill soon be the first in the countryrequired to pass a civics examwith the equivalent of a "D-" grade in order to graduate. On Thursday, the Arizona legislature swiftly pushed through a bill that requires high school students to answer at least 60 out of 100...
The CivXNow Coalition, a civics education advocacy group, reported last year that 38 states require a stand-alone civics course to graduate high school and only seven states require civics in middle school. Patrick Kelly, a government teacher in South Carolina, said he has seen a growing empha...