About SREB

America's first interstate compact for education, the Southern Regional Education Board is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that helps government and education leaders in its 16 member states work together to advance education and improve the social and economic life of the region. Member states include: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.

SREB's many programs include the nation's:

• largest school improvement network, High Schools That Work and Making Middle Grades Work
• first fully integrated Web site for e-learners and adult learners
• largest educational technology collaborative of state K-12 and postsecondary agencies
• only regional council on collegiate nursing education, and many other innovative initiatives to help its member states lead the nation in educational progress.

The organization's central focus is helping states meet the SREB Challenge to Lead Goals for Education. SREB assists state leaders by directing attention to key education issues; collecting, compiling and analyzing comparable data on P-20 education; and sharing its analyses of actions and issues that help states and institutions form long-range plans and policies.

Organization and Funding

SREB is governed by a Board that consists of the governor of each member state and four gubernatorial appointees, including at least one state legislator and one educator. SREB is supported by appropriations from its member states and by funds from foundations and state and federal agencies. For a list of Board members in each SREB state, click here. For information about the SREB Annual Meeting, go here.

Publications

See Latest Reports for SREB's most recent reports on critical issues affecting every level of education. For the complete catalog of all publications and the online ordering system, visit Publications.

SREB maintains regional databases for K-12 and higher education and publishes numerous reports annually. Key publications include the SREB Fact Book on Higher Education (biennial); the Challenge to Lead education goals series, Goals for Education: Challenge to Lead ; and reports on High Schools That Work, middle grades education, technology for colleges and schools, educational accountability, leadership, children's readiness for school, and high school graduates' readiness for college.