SREB History

Chairs of the Southern Regional Education Board

Beth Day — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 02:54:00 +0000

1949 to present

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, 2023-2024

West Virginia Governor Jim Justice, 2022-2023

Delaware Governor John Carney, Delaware, 2020-2022

Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, 2019-2020

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, 2016-2019

SREB Presidents

Beth Day — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 02:33:00 +0000

John E. Ivy Jr.	Director	1948-1957
Robert C. Anderson	Director	1957-1961
Winfred L. Godwin	President	1961-1989
Mark D. Musick	President	1989-2005
David S. Spence	President	2005-2018
Stephen L. Pruitt	President	2018-

SREB Celebrates 75 Years

Beth Day — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 13:58:00 +0000

Yesterday's Dream, Today's Reality, Tomorrow's Vision

June 2023

75 years ago, a group of governors and state lawmakers united to form an interstate compact dedicated to working together to improve education throughout the South. That idea became the Southern Regional Education Board of 16 states. This is our story.

A long history of leadership by state legislators

Beth Day — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 19:13:00 +0000

70th anniversary of the Legislative Work Conference

November 2021

A Path and a Purpose

Beth Day — Fri, 24 Aug 2018 20:23:00 +0000

Gene Bottoms' Career in What Works in Schools

After a 60-year career in education, Gene Bottoms, senior vice president of SREB, retired in April 2018. His contributions to education in the southern region and beyond are difficult to overestimate. In 31 years with SREB, Bottoms helped revamp career education in America and set in place school improvement practices that have improved the prospects of hundreds of thousands of students.

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The Product of Commitment and Character

Beth Day — Tue, 21 Aug 2018 20:23:00 +0000

Dave Spence's 50-year career leaves a lasting impact on education

On the occasion of his retirement as president of SREB, a look back at Dave Spence’s half century of leadership in education. His contributions include a decades-long focus on college readiness and 10 SREB commissions on issues ranging from early childhood to college completion.

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65 Years:

Steph Bradley — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 16:45:00 +0000

Helping States Improve Education

This timeline report highlights SREB achievements since its founding in 1948 as the nation’s first regional compact for education. Several efforts have influenced national reform, and SREB states now lead the nation in many measures of educational progress. A list of SREB chairs is included.

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