The Civics Alliance, a coalition of organizations and individuals dedicated to improving America’s civics education, has created American Birthright: The Civics Alliance’s Model K-12 Social Studies Standards. The Civics Alliance is a project of the National Association of Scholars.

Pam Benigno, director of Independence Institute’s Education Policy Center, interviewed Dr. David Randall, the Executive Director of the Civics Alliance, in January 2023. Dr. Randall discusses the purpose and content of the American Birthright standards. The audio of the interview is below.

To understand how Colorado’s schoolchildren can benefit from American Birthright, read Pam Benigno’s op-ed published in The Gazette about Colorado’s new social studies standards, “Let Parents Look at What Kids Learn” or its republication without a paywall on Complete Colorado.