Background
Wraga, William Gerard was born on March 21, 1957 in Teaneck, New Jersey, United States. Son of William Francis and Maryjane M. (Conlon) Wraga.
(Alexander James Inglis’s (1879-1924) transformation from ...)
Alexander James Inglis’s (1879-1924) transformation from an academic traditionalist devoted to Latin pedagogy to an influential progressive-experimentalist and advocate of the comprehensive high school has received insufficient attention from educational and curriculum historians. Inglis’s career manifests important characteristics of the progressive era in American history. As an attempt to generate organizing principles upon which to construct a new, responsive social institution, his book, Principles of Secondary Education, stands as a quintessential manifestation of progressive values. This fine-grained profile of Inglis’s work reveals nuances in the historic record that are otherwise obscured by high-level historical interpretations. An assessment of the utility of these interpretations for explaining Inglis’s career leads to a discussion of the implications of the record of Inglis’s work for understanding the progressive period and its prevailing interpretations, as well as to a consideration of the role of biography in historical research.
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Wraga, William Gerard was born on March 21, 1957 in Teaneck, New Jersey, United States. Son of William Francis and Maryjane M. (Conlon) Wraga.
AB, Rutgers University, 1979. Master of Arts in Teaching, University Chicago, 1980. Doctor of Education, Rutgers University, 1991.
Teacher Hillsborough High School, Belle Mead, New Jersey, 1980-1981, Green Brook High School, 1981-1984, Mendham High School, 1984-1986. Department supervisor Freehold Township High School, 1986-1987. District supervisor K-12 Bernards Township Public Schools, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, 1987-1994.
Adjunct assistant professor Rider University, Lawrenceville, 1994. Assistant professor department education leadership University Georgia, Athens, 1995-1999, associate professor, 1999—2004, interim founding head department educational administration and policy, 2002—2004, professor department educational administration and policy, 2004—2005, professor department lifelong education, administration and policy, since 2005. Chairman civics committee New Jersey State Department Education, 1988—1990, member social studies core course proficiencies panel, 1989—1991.
Board directors New Jersey Council for Social Studies, 1988—1990, chairman publication committee, 1988—1989. Member executive board New Jersey Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1992—1993. Member advisory committee New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Memorial Educational Center, 1993—1994.
Consultant Louisiana Board Regents, 2004—2006, College Education, University Iowa. Research associate Vision Public Education, Georgia, 2010. Presenter in field.
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Fellow John Dewey Society (board directors 2000-2002). Member American Educational Research Association, Professors of Curriculum (Factotum 1998-1999), Society Study Curriculum History (president 2001-2003), Society Professors Education (executive board 2003-2005, president elect 2007-2008, president 09-10), Phi Delta Kappa, Pi Lambda Theta, Kappa Delta Pi.
Married Amy Jeanne Schneider, June 26, 1982. Children: William Frederic, Ian Thomas.