Tag: Weekly Reader

Book details how high-performing principals create productive schools

Handbook of School Improvement: How High-Performing Principals Create High-Performing Schools By Jo Blase, Joseph Blase…
Education professor’s book shows how pop culture can enhance classroom learning

Adolescents’ Online Literacies: Connecting Classrooms, Digital Media and Popular Culture Edite by: Donna E. Alvermann…
Professor emeritus publishes textbook about istory of ecosystem science

Big Ecology: The Emergence of Ecosystem Science David Coleman University of California Press $39.95 David…
Professor, alumna co-author book on hiring, retention of bilingual teachers

Teachers Act Up! Creating Multicultural Learning Communities Through Theatre Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor and Mariana Souto-Manning Teachers…
Language education professor authors book on school-family partnerships

Literacy in the Welcoming Classroom: Creating Family-School Partnerships that Support Student Learning JoBeth Allen Teachers…
Professor publishes companion Latin text

Scribblers, Sculptors and Scribes: A Companion to Wheelock’s Latin and Other Introductory Textbooks Richard A.…
Graduate School celebrates centennial with a book retracing 100 years of history

Centennial: Graduate Education at the University of Georgia 1910-2010 Cynthia Adams Everbest Printing Company $29.95…
New book gives personal account of holistic forestry, land management

The Art of Managing Longleaf: A Personal History of the Stoddard-Neel Approach Leon Neel, with…
Prof edits new handbook that surveys national security intelligence literature

The Oxford Handbook of National Security Intelligence Edited by Loch K. Johnson Oxford University Press…
New illustrated guidebook covers species of lizards, crocodilians in the Southeast

Lizards and Crocodilians of the Southeast Whit Gibbons, Judy Greene and Tony Mills University of…
Research professor examines the evolution of American legal history in new book

A Nation of Laws: America’s Imperfect Pursuit of Justice Peter Charles Hoffer University of Kansas…
Classics professor co-writes new book for students of ancient Greek

Plato’s Apology of Socrates: A Commentary Paul Allen Miller and Charles Platter University of Oklahoma…
Department head edits book about impact of change on human development

Pathways of Human Development: Explorations of Change Edited by Jay A. Mancini and Karen A.…
Former vice president takes a look back at UGA’s new faculty tour of Georgia

Back on the Bus: Twelve Hundred Miles Through Georgia Gene Younts Stratford Press $25 For…
An Athens classic revised and updated

A Portrait of Historic Athens and Clarke County Second Edition By Frances Taliaferro Thomas; Pictorial…
New book of essays explores Southern environmental history over past decade

Environmental History and the American South University of Georgia Press Cloth: $69.95 Paper: $26.95 Compiled…
Book examines killing in sociology study

Is Killing Wrong?: AU Study in Pure Sociology Mark Cooney University of Virginia Press $39.50…
Professor’s new book focuses on today’s educational opportunities for black children

Troubling the Waters: Fulfilling the Promise of Quality Public Schooling for Black Children Jerome Morris…
Professors study presidential proclamations

Presidential Rhetoric and the Public Agenda Andrew B. Whitford and Jeff yates Johns Hopkins University…
Book details ‘journey’ with Southern author

With Walker Percy at the Tupperware Party in Company with Flannery O’Connor, T.S. Eliot and…
Guidebook features regional frogs and toads

Frogs and Toads of the Southeast Mike Dorcas and Whit Gibbons University of Georgia Press…
Book details American foreign policy crisis

Divided America on the World Stage: Broken Government and Foreign Policy Howard J. Wiarda Potomac…
Book tracks academic careers of physicists

Lives in Science: How Institutions Affect Academic Careers Joseph C. Hermanowicz University of Chicago Press…
Language and literacy prof’s book serves as a guide to home-school partnerships

Creating Welcoming Schools: A Practical Guide to Home-School Partnerships with Diverse Families JoBeth Allen Teachers…