Illustrate Impact

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Research confirms that students who receive a comprehensive and high-quality civic education are more likely to be informed and actively engaged citizens and voters.

Specifically, students are more likely to:
Complete college and develop employable skills
Vote and discuss current issues at home
Volunteer and work on community issues

Independent research confirms our resources produce clear and tangible benefits to students—even after controlling for gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. Even more promising: more than half the students that play our games in school play them again at home on their own time.

iCivics materials improve students’ civic knowledge, civic attitudes, and core literacy skills. Students are challenged to learn and engage with the material, and have fun in the process. New evidence is pointing to the power of matching iCivics games with authentic civic engagement experiences.

iCivics contributes to well-developed knowledge-building in civics and successfully encourages students to utilize their own critical thinking skills
Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy (2021)
iCivics games are effective in teaching students to solve real-world civic problems
Marist College (2018)
iCivics games increase civics content knowledge, attitudes and their sense of agency
Baylor University (2016)
Students’ civic test scores as much as doubled following iCivics gameplay
Arizona State University (2011)
Students’ civic knowledge increased considerably after playing iCivics games
Persephone Group (2009)

Learn More About Our Strategic Vision

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Innovate Education

We empower educators with resources that build the knowledge, skills, and dispositions students need for informed participation in our self-governing society.

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Inform Policy

We advance policy at the state and national levels to make civic education a priority for the health and strength of our nation.

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Inspire Engagement

We invite and engage a diverse network of learners and leaders in the movement for high-quality civic education.