A civics quiz bowl is connecting students to opportunities that, over the past two decades, they have been less likely to encounter in school.
Local chambers of commerce in Craig, Colo., State College, Pa., and Lima, Ohio, recently shared their accounts of hosting the National Civics Bee alongside 37 other cities. In the second annual competition sponsored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, middle schoolers across the nation are demonstrating a possible antidote to K-12 and higher education’s assault on American ideals.