ACTA in the NewsCivic Education
June 6, 2026: It’s the 82nd anniversary of D-Day in Normandy — the largest amphibious invasion in recorded history, when five divisions stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, and 73,000 U.S. troops joined tens of thousands of allied forces to...
Eighty-two years ago, on June 6, 1944, the Allied Expeditionary Forces of World War II stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, in what would be “the largest amphibious invasion in military history.” Known as Operation Overlord, or D-Day, the invasion was the opening act to a colossal campaign...
ACTA in the NewsCivic Education
This session the House Higher Education Committee was proud to champion reforms to our universities’ core curriculum requirements, and Governor Reynolds has now signed the legislation into law. House File 2800 requires every undergraduate...
ACTA in the NewsCivic Education
The University of Pennsylvania’s “America 250” courses celebrating the country’s semiquincentennial have little […]
A symbiotic relationship exists between the stories a nation tells and its civic identity. Popular culture is never neutral; it reflects the assumptions, priorities, and perspectives of its time. As those stories circulate, they...
ACTA in the NewsCivic Education
Near my home in Wisconsin is a yellow barn with a smiling face painted on it. I drive past it often, and it reminds me to be optimistic. Despite recent studies, I am still upbeat about America —...
ACTA in the NewsCivic Education
“A 2024 survey found that 48 percent of college students believe the Constitution grants the president, rather than Congress, the power to declare war. Only 40 percent could correctly identify the term lengths for...
The American Council of Trustees and Alumni and the Museum of the American Revolution celebrated our nation’s 250th anniversary year with an evening panel discussion on how to reinvigorate history and civics education in American college and university...
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