March 5th, 2012, 08:03

Williams featured in National Press Club book event March 7

University of Georgia College of Education professor Sheneka M.Williams will be one of three chapter authors featured in a discussion highlighting a new book edited by think tank scholar, Richard D. Kahlenberg, from The Century Foundation in Washington, D.C., at the National Press Club on March 7. Video of National Press Club panel.

November 14th, 2011, 05:11

Reeves named Visiting Scholar at Open Universities Australia

UGA College of Education professor emeritus Thomas C. Reeves will be working with Open Universities Australia as the first Visiting Scholar at the newly established Centre for Online Learning Excellence.

September 5th, 2011, 08:09

Hart to host 10th anniversary of 9/11 on his memorial trail

Retired University of Georgia professor Bob Hart will be among many Americans pausing next month to remember the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. But, he’ll likely be the only one hosting an event at his own 9/11 Memorial Trail in Athens.

August 8th, 2011, 10:08

Cahnmann-Taylor debuts new blog titled, ‘Teachers Act Up!’

Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor, an associate professor in language and literacy education, has begun a new blog to promote her work and that of her students titled, “Teachers Act Up!”

July 29th, 2011, 10:07

Smagorinsky co-writes analysis of plan to rank teacher ed programs

Peter Smagorinsky, a UGA Distinguished Research Professor of Language and Literacy Education, has co-authored an analysis of the NCTQ/U.S. News & World Report’s plan to evaluate and rank teacher education programs on the website of the National Council of Teachers of English.

April 26th, 2011, 11:04

Former UGA education professor Eric Houck, now at the University of North Carolina, and co-researcher Sheneka Williams, an assistant professor in educational administration and policy, write an op/ed article in the April 15 issue of The Raleigh (NC) News & Observer about what their research in the Wake County Public School System found after their work was cited in a letter from the school system to the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights defending recent controversial moves to eliminate the district’s socioeconomically-based student assignment policy.

March 14th, 2011, 04:03

Cramond to speak at TEDx event in Atlanta

University of Georgia professor of gifted and creative education Bonnie Cramond will be one of nine speakers and performers exploring creativity at the annual TEDx Atlanta event on Tuesday, March 15.

March 2nd, 2011, 03:03

UGA shares STEM initiatives with Deputy U.S. Trade Rep

University of Georgia faculty members in the College of Education and the Franklin College of Arts & Sciences described current UGA initiatives in science, technology, engineering and mathematics with Ambassador Demetrios Marantis, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, during his visit to campus Feb. 18.

February 7th, 2011, 03:02

Great teachers like Socrates and Jesus could not cope with “the straitjackets of minimum-competency national standards and the testing mandates that enforce them” faced by today’s teachers, writes UGA professor of English education Peter Smagorinsky in a February 7 op/ed article in the Atlanta Journal Constitution. See op/ed at web link below. See op/ed and reader reaction in Maureen Downey’s “Get Schooled” blog.

January 25th, 2011, 05:01

UGA Math Curriculum Team supports Common Core Standards

The University of Georgia Mathematics Curriculum Team recently sent an open letter of support for the Common Core State tandards to the Georgia Department of Education, the University System Board of Regents, Georgia Board of Education Chair Wanda Barrs and State School Superintendent John Barge.