PA Civics partner resources for educators

25 partner organizations comprise PA Civics, Pennsylvania's leading coalition of nonprofit, nonpartisan civics education providers. Our partners offer resources dealing with primary texts, civil dialogue, news literacy, Constitutional interpretation, museums, youth voter engagement, and so much more. Each one of us provides materials and programs that help teachers bring civic education to life in your classroom.

And now, we've aggregated all of our resources into a single place for educators to easily filter and find the program that works for your class. Visit pacivics.org/teaching to see all of the ways that PA Civics can support your students.

Call for proposals, 2026 Civic Learning Week

The Civic Learning Week National Forum will be hosted in Philadelphia from March 9-10, 2026, with the theme Liberty and Learning: Civic Education at 250. This in-person event will showcase effective and evidence-based examples of pluralistic civic learning in practice. The open call for proposals is now live.

In 2026, the Forum is expanding to incorporate more educator programming as it explores key topics related to civic education and the leadership needed to make high-quality civic learning a nationwide priority. The deadline to submit proposals is September 26, 2026.

PA Civics partner leading the way in media literacy in Western PA

Earlier this week, the News Literacy Project named two western PA school districts to an esteemed list of national fellows receiving grants to implement news literacy tools available to students and educators.

Butler Area School District and Avonworth School District in Allegheny County join a third PA school district, Cornell (based in Allegheny County), as three of 28 total districts across the country who are participating in this program.

This Pennsylvania network will allow multiple districts to share best practices, create resources, and troubleshoot challenges. "These regional hubs will foster sustained professional communities that support news literacy instruction across entire states," as noted by NLP's release.

See WESA's coverage out of Pittsburgh. It includes multiple examples of how Cornell is already deploying their grant to increase professional development and classroom resources.