Current and exemplary teaching practices in the politics of education are analyzed and documented. The booklet is comprised of five different articles: "The Politics of Education in the Curriculum of Educational Administration" (Donald H. Layton); "Teaching Politics of Education Course: Content and Topics" (Jay D. Scribner); "What Our Students Read: A Study of Readings in Politics of Education Courses" (Richard M. Englert); "The Curricula of Educational Politics and Policy: Promoting the Careers of 81 Syllabi" (Richard G. Townsend); and "Rip Van Winkle and the Politics of Education" (William Lowe Boyd). Appended are (1) a bibliography of required texts for sample syllabi of courses dealing with the politics of education; (2) illustrative case studies in educational administration; (3) a partial listing of political novels, biographies, and autobiographies; and (4) selected papers and documents produced by the Politics of Education Teaching and Research Project Investigators. (SI)