Alisa Zhao

Alisa Zhao

Ohio Regional Director

William Mason High School

Ohio, United States

Alisa is a high school senior passionate about igniting youth civic engagement and transforming discourse in education. Other interests include public policy, economics, and the fine arts.

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Published on November 1, 2025SPRING education

In the United States, civic education has been at an all-time low. Teaching civics in schools is invaluable because the youth are much more malleable and easily influenced, making it possible to instill the value of civic engagement into students. Political participation is important in a democracy as it ensures that the government is in regulation by the people. This brief includes and analyzes a brief synopsis of the patterns of civic education in the primary regions of the United States.