OSPI Building Closure – August 7
OSPI will be closed on Thursday, August 7, from 1 to 4 pm for an all-staff meeting. Certification staff will not be available from noon to 5 pm that day.
OSPI will be closed on Thursday, August 7, from 1 to 4 pm for an all-staff meeting. Certification staff will not be available from noon to 5 pm that day.
Learn about the many ways our schools, communities, and the Washington State Legislature support civic education. Citizens interested in helping build examples of effective civic education may contact OSPI Social Studies.
Civic Education includes the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework and Six proven practices for enhancing civic education. The goal of civic education is to ensure that every student is provided a high-caliber civic education from kindergarten through high school graduation.
"Learning to make and evaluate evidence-based arguments (claims) is the singular, unifying, intellectual goal of all social studies courses."
Walter C. Parker, Inquiry Design Model, 2018
The primary laws and regulations for civic education are:
Note: Hosted by OSPI and Teach Democracy, this Webinar was recorded on 9/19/24