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SEP 7 — Labor Day Week Civics Labor Day and Constitution Day land just ten days apart this year. Most teachers treat them as separate events. The best civics teachers know they're the same lesson. What Labor Day actually is — and what students usually don't know Labor Day is a federal holiday honoring the American labor movement and the contributions workers have made to the country. The labor movement is one of the most powerful examples of constitutional rights in action. W

One classroom is great. An entire district is a movement. The most effective civics programs are coordinated, grade-wide, school-wide efforts that build a culture of constitutional literacy. The 917 Society is built to help you do exactly that.

We have less than four months. That's how much time remains before November 5, 2026 — the final major civic milestone of America's 250th anniversary year. And in these last critical months, the question isn't just about celebrating our founding. It's about whether we can restore genuine civic engagement and constitutional literacy to American life. The numbers are sobering. Pew Research Center data shows declining trust in government among young people, with many disconnected

The controversy out of Rutherford County, Tennessee, has quickly become national news. Library Director Luanne James was fired after refusing to comply with a board directive to move more than 100 books from children’s and teen sections into the adult section of the county library system.[1] James argued that relocating the books would violate the First Amendment.[1] But this dispute was not about forbidding adults from reading books. It was about whether certain materials sh