High-quality civic education not only prepares children for the most basic civic participation--voting and understanding how powers are divided--but also helps them acquire broader skills, such as deliberating with fellow citizens to make difficult decisions that affect their communities, advocating for themselves and others on matters of public relevance, and understanding how they can contribute to collective civic health. High-quality civic education also appears to contribute to students' college and career readiness. While the importance of classroom instruction in civics could never be overstated, civic learning ought to be part of every discipline and most school activities. This becomes possible when schools and teachers view civic education not just as acquisition of factual information about the nation's founding principles and government structures but as how students experience and practice democracy in their daily lives. This article presents innovative civic education policy reforms in states such as Florida and Illinois, where leaders in each state developed locally relevant strategies for strengthening and equalizing civic learning.