New computer games promote civics education
iCivics.org is an expanded, rebranded version of a web site founded by former Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor
From staff and wire reports
Curriculum, Gaming, Top News, eClassroom NewsMay 27th, 2010
The iCivics program is based at Georgetown University Law School.
An “unintended consequence” of the No Child Left Behind initiative has been a decrease in civics knowledge, former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor said May 26 in promoting an expanded version of a web site that uses computer games to put a fun spin on learning about government.
The federal education program appropriated funds “based on good test scores in math, science, and reading,” she said, but it did not distribute money for history or civics.
She made the remarks at a conference where she was promoting iCivics.org, a new web site designed to remedy civics ignorance among middle-school