The Southern Regional Education Board’s District Leadership and State Leadership awards recognize the outstanding leadership efforts of two districts and a state that established structures to help transform school and classroom practices and maintain a culture of continuous improvement.

SREB will present the awards to the recipients on July 15 at the Making Schools Work Conference in New Orleans. 

Here are this year’s winners: 

District:

Syracuse City School District
Syracuse, New York

Tuscaloosa City Schools
Tuscaloosa, Alabama

State:

Alabama State Department of Education

SREB’s Making Schools Work Conference is held annually and provides educators with opportunities to participate in professional development, network with colleagues from across the country and build school and district leadership capacity.

Media are invited to contact SREB to arrange interviews with SREB coaches to learn more about the winners’ achievements. Contact: Janita Poe, SREB News Manager, at Janita.Poe@sreb.org or 404-879-5516

The Southern Regional Education Board works with states, districts and schools to improve education at every level, from early childhood through doctoral education and the workforce. An interstate compact and a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization based in Atlanta, SREB was created in 1948 by Southern governors and legislatures to advance education and improve the social and economic life of the region.