SREB Commission for Educational Quality

Gerald L. Baliles, chair

Stephen A. Cobb, vice chair

Kenneth H. Ashworth,
former commissioner, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

Gerald L. Baliles,
Hunton & Williams, and former governor of Virginia

Edward T. Breathitt,
Wyatt, Tarrant and Combs, and
former governor of Kentucky

Benjamin O. Canada,
superintendent,
Atlanta Public Schools

Stephen A. Cobb,
Waller Lansden Dortch and Davis, Tennessee

Thomas W. Cole Jr.,
president, Clark Atlanta University

Diane S. Gilleland,
senior associate,
Institute for Higher Education Policy, Washington

Enoch Kelly Haney,
state senator, Oklahoma

N. Gerry House,
superintendent, Memphis City Schools

Nancy K. Kopp,
state delegate, Maryland

Benjamin J. Lambert III,
state senator, Virginia

Jimmy D. Long,
state representative, Louisiana

Kenneth H. MacKay Jr.,
lieutenant governor of Florida

Beth D. Sattes,
research and development specialist, Appalachian
Educational Laboratory, West Virginia

Robert W. Scott,
former governor of North Carolina

William E. Smith,
chairman, A+ Research Foundation, Alabama

Robert L. Thompson,
vice president of public affairs, Springs Industries Inc.,
South Carolina

Education and Progress in the South was written by the SREB Commission for Educational Quality and SREB staff. The project was coordinated by Joe Marks, SREB director of Data Services.