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Riddlesperger, James W., Jr.; Jackson, Donald W. – Social Education, 1991
Surveys levels of political tolerance among 152 U.S. government teachers and 96 social studies coordinators in Texas. Investigates attitudes toward various groups (e.g., neo-Nazis), and whether respondents felt that even disliked groups should be accorded their civil liberties. Concludes majority of these educators practiced what they taught.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Civil Liberties, Democratic Values, Department Heads