This fall, as millions of students return to school and America approaches its 250 th birthday, something troubling is happening in classrooms across the country. Our civics teachers are going silent.

WASHINGTON -- Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, announced Tuesday that she has the beginning stages of dementia, "probably Alzheimer's disease." The 88-year-old said in a ...

Focus on multigenerational civics education, civil discourse and community building PHOENIX, ARIZONA / ACCESS Newswire / September 25, 2025 / On this day, September 25, in 1981, Sandra Day O’Connor ...

The Sandra Day O'Connor Institute has opened its new satellite office in Washington, D.C., adding to its Phoenix, Arizona, location. In conjunction, the Institute has established a Washington-based ...

PHOENIX, ARIZONA / ACCESS Newswire / September 8, 2025 / The Sandra Day O’Connor Institute today released a new policy brief, Why Are Teachers Uncomfortable Teaching Civics?, offering an urgent ...

And the winner is … Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. State of play: The Arizona History Showdown is over, and the history-making O'Connor was voted by Axios Phoenix readers as our state's ...

The launch comes as the nation prepares to mark its 250th birthday in July 2026, a moment that calls for reflection on America’s past and renewal of its civic spirit for the future. The Civics for ...