February 13th, 2012, 03:02

After more than 10 years of experience with charter schools around the country, research and experience have found that overall, compared to non-charter public schools, instruction in charter schools is conventional and the academic achievement of charter school students is no better than that of students in non-charter public schools, writes William G. Wraga, a professor in educational administration and policy, in a Letter to the Editor in the Feb. 13 issue of the Athens Banner-Herald.

October 18th, 2011, 08:10

Holliday named director of Governor’s Office of Student Achievement

Bonnie Stewart Holliday has been named by Gov. Nathan Deal as executive director of the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement.

October 14th, 2011, 09:10

The appointment of Bonnie Stewart Holiday (MEd ’04, BSEd ’03) by Gov. Nathan Deal as executive director of the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement is reported in Maureen Downey’s “Get Schooled” blog in the October 13 issue of the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

September 14th, 2011, 09:09

College names four inaugural Distinguished Research Mentors

Four University of Georgia faculty members—Steve Oliver, Jay Rojewski, Peter Smagorinsky and Sally Zepeda—have been named as the College of Education’s first Distinguished Research Mentors for the 2011-12 academic year.

August 11th, 2011, 08:08

Four receive Glickman Dissertation Awards

Four University of Georgia graduate students in the College of Education have received Glickman Dissertation Awards for the 2011-2012 academic year.

July 26th, 2011, 10:07

‘Curtail accountability, cultivate attainability,’ writes Wraga

William Wraga, a professor of educational administration and policy, wrote an article titled, “Curtail accountability, cultivate attainability,” that was published in the summer 2011 issue of the Kappa Delta Pi Record, a publication of the international honor society in education.

July 15th, 2011, 10:07

Atlanta Public Schools cannot be fixed without fixing our dysfunctional education policy, writes William Wraga, a professor in the program in educational administration and policy at the College of Education, University of Georgia in the July 15 “Get Schooled” blog of the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

July 11th, 2011, 09:07

UGA report analyzes philanthropic investment in teaching

The first comprehensive examination of philanthropy activity in this area reveals that much of this funding came from a relatively small number of foundations and went to a relatively small group of recipients.

July 11th, 2011, 09:07

UGA report analyzes philanthropic investment in teaching

Ten foundations accounted for half of the $684 million directed to education by philanthropists from 2000-08, according to a new report released today by the University of Georgia and Kronley & Associates.

June 29th, 2011, 04:06

COE alumna Selma Blankenship (PhD ’09), associate principal at Clarke Central High School, was named principal of Hilsman Middle School on Monday night, effective for the 2011-12 school year, reports the June 29 Athens Banner-Herald.