Author emphasizes that schools must examine their response to the 18-year-old vote phenomenon and guard against serving as an unwitting social tool for wrong ends. (Author/MB)

This paper examines the political outlooks of high school teachers and parents of a randomly selected national sample of 1965 high school seniors. Correlations between teacher-parent pairs show very modest strength or direct agreement between the two socialization agents, although there are negative relationships on any measure. (Author/RM)

The research reported here is an attempt to explore the attitudes of students in high schools and to take a look at the hidden curriculum and its political dimensions. The analysis is divided into an exploration and categorization of different types of schools, a definition of different kinds of attitudes and behavior on the part of students, and…

The relationship between student attitudes and the school as a political system is analyzed in this research report. Four types of school systems are hypothesized: elite, bureaucratic, coalitional, and participant. After testing this conceptualization, student attitudes of trust, integration, confidence, and interest toward both school and society…

This study examines the role of the high school as a political environment in which students may acquire experiences which contribute to the development of their political competence. The paper explains the objectives of the study, discusses the methods used, describes the schools in which data were gathered, reports the findings, and identifies…

A theoretical framework for mapping school political life is developed which distinguishes elite, bureaucratic, coalitional, and participant types of school political organizations. The framework provides tools for analyzing and comparing patterns of political behavior within and across school political behavior settings. Definitions and…