2005 SREB Annual Meeting and Legislative Work Conference

Press releases:

• Leaders of SREB states to review progress on Challenge to Lead Goals for Education
• Louisiana governor is re-elected chair of Southern Regional Education Board
• SREB/BellSouth Foundation Alliance for Virtual Schools
• SREB announces new Web site arrangement to help students who want to attend college

Presentations:

• Building a Foundation for Success by Getting Every Child Ready for School
• Focusing on Student Performance Through Accountability
• Investing Wisely in Adult Learning is Key to State Prosperity
• SREB Fact Book on Higher Education 2005
• Getting Serious About High School Graduation

Pictures:

1. Louisiana Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, re-elected chair of SREB, speaking at the meeting.
2.  Delaware Representative Stephanie Ulbrich, then chair of the SREB Legislative Advisory Council, at the meeting.
3.  SREB President Mark Musick (right), now President Emeritus, and incoming SREB President David Spence.
4. SREB President Mark Musick (right) and ACT CEO and Chairman Richard L. Ferguson after a luncheon celebrating SREB's Go Alliance.
5. A reception and dinner were held to celebrate the long SREB career of President Mark Musick, who retired soon after the meeting with 30 years at SREB, 16 of them as president. Among those attending the event were SREB Board members Arkansas Representative Jodie Mahony (far right), South Carolina State Superintendent of Education Inez Tennenbaum (center) and Arkansas Commissioner of Education Ken James (left).
6. At the dinner for SREB President Mark Musick, Louisiana Governor (and SREB Chair) Kathleen Babineaux Blanco greets special guest Dr. Joe Lott, who just earned his Ph.D. at Louisiana State University, the 250th doctorate awarded under the SREB-State Doctoral Scholars Program. To Dr. Lott's-right is Dr. Rana Johnson, another DSP graduate. Also shown are Musick (second from the left) and Ansley Abraham (far right), director of the SREB-State Doctoral Scholars Program.
7. Kentucky House Speaker Jody Richards, a member of the SREB Legislative Advisory Council, and his wife, Neva, listen at the dinner to SREB President Mark Musick.
8. Former West Virginia Governor (and former SREB Board Chair) Cecil Underwood (left) talks at the dinner to SREB President Mark Musick (center) and Louisiana Governor (and current SREB Board Chair) Kathleen Babineaux Blanco.

2004 Annual Meeting