Faculty

Contact Information
The University of Georgia
Department of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy
850 College Station Road
River’s Crossing, Room 309
Athens, GA 30602
Phone: (706) 542-4166
Fax: (706) 542-5873
wraga@uga.edu

Research Interests

Curriculum Theory, Development, Policy, and History.

Courses Typically Taught

• EDAP 7070  Curriculum Development and Evaluation
• EDAP 8010  Curriculum Foundations and History
• EDAP 9015  Curriculum and Educational Policy
• EDAP 9040  Curriculum Theory
• EDAP 9060  Historical Perspectives on Curriculum Reform

Selected Publications

Books

Wraga, W. G. (2007). Progressive Pioneer: Alexander James Inglis (1879-1924) and American Secondary Education. NY: Peter Lang.

Wraga, W.G., & Hlebowitsh, P.S. (Eds.). (2000). Research review for school leaders, volume III.  Mahwah, NJ:  Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Sponsored by the National Association of Secondary School Principals and the National Association of Elementary School Principals.

Wraga, W. G. (1994). Democracy’s high school: The comprehensive high school and educational reform in the United States. Lanham, MD: University Press of America.

Chapters

Wraga, W.G. (2005). The Inglis surveys: Social efficiency thesis anomalies.  In S.L. Field & L. Burlbaw (Eds.), Explorations in curriculum history (pp. 13-38). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, Inc.

Refereed Journal Articles

Wraga, W.G. (2006). Curriculum theory and development and public policy making.  Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, 3(1), 83-87.

Wraga, W.G. (2006). Progressive pioneer:  Alexander James Inglis (1879-1924) and American secondary education. Teachers College Record, 108(6), 1080-1105.

Wraga, W. G. (2006). The heightened significance of Brown v. Board of Education in our time.  Phi Delta Kappan, 87(6), 424-428.

Wraga, W.G. (2004). Making educational leadership ‘educational.’ Journal of School Leadership, 14(1), 105-121.

Wraga, W.G. (2003-04, December-January).  The posthumous redaction of a progressive classicist. The Classical Journal, 99(2), 169-175.

Wraga, W.G. (2003). The progressive classicism of Alexander James Inglis.  The Classical Journal, 99(1), 59-69.

Wraga, W.G., & Hlebowitsh, P.S. (2003). Conversation, collaboration, and community in the US curriculum field. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 35(4), 453-457.

Wraga, W.G., & Hlebowitsh, P.S. (2003).  Toward a renaissance in curriculum theory and development in the United States.  Journal of Curriculum Studies, 35(4), 425-437.

Wraga, W.G. (2002). Recovering curriculum practice: Continuing the conversation. Educational Researcher, 31(6), 17-19.

Wraga, W.G. (2002). Renewing the comprehensive high school.  Principal Leadership, 2(8), 33-37.  Selected for condensation as Wraga, W.G. (2002).  Renewing comprehensive high schools for student unity.  The Education Digest, 68(1), 20-24.

Wraga, W.G.  (2001). Democratic leadership in the classroom:  Lessons from progressives.  Democracy & Education, 14(2), 29-32.

Wraga, W.G.  (2001). A progressive legacy squandered:  The Cardinal Principles report reconsidered.  History of Education Quarterly, 41(4), 494-519.

Wraga, W.G. (1999). The educational and political implications of curriculum alignment and standards-based reform. Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 15(1), 4-25.

Reviews

Wraga, W.G. (2005). [Review of The science education of American girls by Kim Tolley]. History of Education Quarterly, 45(1), 150-153.

Wraga, W.G.  (2003). [Review of The untested accusation: Principals, research knowledge, and policy making in schools by Bruce J. Biddle and Lawrence J. Saha]  NASSP Bulletin, 87(636), 83-85.

Wraga, W.G. (2002). [Review of Interdisciplinary education in K-12 and college:  A foundation for K-16 dialog ed. by Julie Thompson Klein]  NASSP Bulletin 86(633), 68-70.

Wraga, W.G. (2002). [Review of Making our high schools better:  How parents and teachers can work together by Anne Wescott Dodd and Jean L. Konzal]  NASSP Bulletin, 86(630), 97-99.

Wraga, W.G. (2001). Left out: The villainization of progressive education in the United States [Essay review of Left back:  A century of failed school reforms by Diane Ravitch].  Educational Researcher, 30(7), 34-39.

Wraga, W.G. (2000). [Review of The failed promise of the American high school, 1890-1995 by David L. Angus and Jeffrey E. Mirel].  History of Education Quarterly, 40(2), 226-229.

Major Service

Chair, Section on Historical and Philosophical Perspectives on Curriculum, Division B (Curriculum Studies) Program Committee, 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, 2006-2007.

Member, Executive Board, Society of Professors of Education, 2003-2005 (elective position).

Member, Board of Directors, John Dewey Society, 2000-2002 (elective position).

President, Society for the Study of Curriculum History, 2001-2003, President-Elect, 2000-2001 (elective positions).

Factotum (president), Professors of Curriculum, 1998-1999 (elective position).

Member, Editorial Board, History of Education Quarterly, 2004-2006.

Member, Editorial Board, Education and Culture (John Dewey Society), 1998-2003.

Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 1998-2001.

Member, Editorial Review Panel, The Educational Forum, 1995-1998.

Consultant, Review of the Louisiana Education Consortium (Louisiana Tech University, Grambling University, University of Louisiana at Monroe) Ed.D. Program in Educational Leadership. Louisiana Board of Regents, March 1, 2005 to June 30, 2005.
 
Consultant, “Teaching the Holocaust in Latvian Schools Project,” conducted by the College of Education, University of Iowa.  November 2004.

Consultant, Review of Proposed Ed.D. in Leadership at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and Southeastern Louisiana University.  Louisiana Board of Regents, December 22, 2003 to April 1, 2004.
 
Consultant, “Civic Education Curriculum Development Project and Teacher Training for the Republic of Georgia,” conducted by the College of Education, University of Iowa.  Funded by the United States Department of State.  Spring 2001.

Suggestions for Curriculum Improvement

Implementing the Unifying Function of the Comprehensive High School
Enacting Interdisciplinary Curriculum
Leadership by Being There
A Professional Alternative to Curriculum Alignment

Links

Center for Dewey Studies
Phi Delta Kappa
Carl Djerassi-Science in fiction
Society for the Study of Curriculum History
John Dewey Society
History of Education Society
American Educational Research Association
National Board on Educational Testing and Public Policy
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