Strengthening our democracy starts with teaching children about our values and electoral process from their earliest years. One of the best ways American schools have done this for generations is ...

Advocates of civics education have long complained that elementary school students in Georgia spend more time waiting in line for the water fountain than they do learning about their nation’s founding ...

From county commissioner to U.S. Senate, election deniers are on the ballot across the country. As the United States grapples with the gravest threats to our democracy since our founding, social ...

For 15 years, I’ve photographed children at play in some of the hardest places on Earth — post-disaster Haiti, Middle Eastern refugee camps, war-scarred regions from Palestine to Bangladesh. Time and ...

Kids at a tribal school in Arizona are preparing for their own election to determine their favorite school lunch: pizza or chicken nuggets? And they're learning about democracy along the way. As the ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Some years ago, then-Gov. John Ashcroft visited my daughter's elementary school, which was then, and is now, located in a ...