At the start of the school year, during the first few minutes of Hempfield Area teacher Ken Stough’s classes, students are asked to imagine their typical day. Stough and the students write down ...

A civics makeover is unfolding in a school cafeteria on Chicago’s West Side, where some 40 Chicago Public School teachers are debating hot-button issues and role-playing as members and staffers of a ...

It isn’t ego that makes Hal Biehl think his civics class at Riverview High School is so valuable for students. “I tell the kids on the first day of class, ‘This is the most important class you’ll have ...