Starting in the 2026-27 academic year, it will be mandatory for ninth- through 12th-grade students to pass the exam that is taken to become a U.S. citizen to graduate. High schoolers will be required ...

For lawful residents yearning to become naturalized citizenships, learning U.S. history and civics is one of the barriers to ...

The Department of Homeland Security is set to overhaul the naturalization civics requirement. Prepare yourself for new test ...

USCIS implements 2025 Naturalization Civics Test for N-400 filings on Oct. 20, 2025. Test expands question bank to 128 and raises pass mark to 12 correct answers. Applicants filing before Oct. 20 keep ...

More than 800,000 people each year take a 10-question civics test to try to become a U.S. citizen. A bill passed by the Iowa House and Senate would require students in grades nine-through-12 to pass a ...

First, very few of the students I met, of any age, could pass the new citizenship test. Second, very few of the schools I ...

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services posted a Federal Register notice in September announcing the new test, which ...

A naturalization ceremony aboard "Old Ironsides" held in coordination with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on July 02, 2019. (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Donovan Keller) U.S.

Can you pass the civics test given to those wanting to become U.S. citizens? Close to 1 million people chose to become U.S. citizens through naturalization in fiscal year 2022, according to the U.S.

Civics is generally taught in schools from kindergarten through high school; however, many factors, including fewer civics teachers and the topic now becoming controversial, have led to public schools ...

A month-long moot court program in New York City lets students prosecute — and defend — cases, offering real-world lessons in ...