Publications and Materials Catalog

Description: A summary of final legislative actions in the 16 SREB states, based on the 2010 SREB Legislative Reports
Publication #: 10S07
Details: 2010; 32 pages; free
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Description: This report, part of the Challenge to Lead education goals series, examines the impact of an undereducated work force and calls for making adult learning programs a priority across the SREB region especially during the current recession. A Smart Move tracks declining enrollment in adult learning programs in many SREB states and urges states to make a wise second investment in adults beyond the one the K-12 education system has already made in them, particularly those who need basic job skills, preparation for taking the GED tests, and assistance in learning English as a second language. The report outlines actions SREB states can take to help more adults without high school credentials complete adult learning programs and provides examples states can follow.
Publication #: 10E06
Details: 22 pages; 2010; $5
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Description: This brochure outlines achievements of the SREB-State Doctoral Scholars Program and profiles the first, 230th and 500th graduates of the program, which won the prestigious John Hope Franklin Award from Diverse magazine. It also includes a list of all graduates from 451 to 500.
Publication #: 10E05
Details: 12 pages; 2010; free
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Description: This brief addresses the state policy dimensions of college readiness. It identifies the key issues and problems associated with the college readiness gap, which is a major impediment to increasing the numbers of college students who complete certificates or degrees. This policy brief also provides governors, legislators, and state education leaders with specific steps they need to take to close the readiness gaps in their states. These findings and recommendations were prepared by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education and the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB).
Details: 2010; 14 pages
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Description: The 2010 Southern Regional Education Board annual report describes SREB’s recent achievements and how the organization was essential in helping its 16 member states improve education in the past year. The report highlights program activities and also includes remarks from the Board Chair and President, acknowledgement of financial contributors, and lists of the members of the Board, Legislative Advisory Council and SREB staff.
Publication #: 10E08
Details: 28 pages; 2010; free
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Author: A. Paul Bradley Jr.of The Bradley Group and Cheryl D. Blanco.
Description: Fewer than one-third of degree-seeking, full-time freshmen in the nation's public four-year institutions graduate in four years. To help raise this rate, SREB examined many strategies that public institutions are using to help more students earn bachelor's degrees, with particular attention to students in regional colleges and universities who often face academic and/or economic disadvantages. This report summarizes 15 institutions' successful approaches to improving graduation rates, provides specific strategies that campus leaders can use and profiles each of the 15 institutions.
Publication #: 10E02
Details: 46 pages; 2010
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Description: This is the seventh in a series of eight newsletters highlighting best practices presented at the 2009 HSTW Staff Development Conference in Atlanta. These newsletters contain information about successful actions schools across the nation are taking to join hands-on and heads-on learning in ways that increase student motivation and achievement.
The articles in this newsletter demonstrate that, increasingly, states, districts and schools are establishing programs to ensure that all students receive guidance and support to make wise choices. They are designing effective guidance systems that help students set and achieve goals, involve parents in helping students select a career pathway and goal, and involve community leaders in mentoring.
Publication #: 10V06w
Details: 2010; 16 pages
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Description: Final legislative and budget actions in Arkansas, plus governors’ proposals in Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Virginia.
Publication #: 10S02
Details: 2010, 6 pages
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Description: Governors’ proposals in Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia, plus notes from other SREB states.
Publication #: 10S01
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Description: Nationwide, students in the middle grades and high school are failing to develop the reading and writing skills they need in order to meet higher academic standards. This major new SREB report on adolescent literacy discusses the urgency of the problem in depth and presents specific solutions for SREB states based on the recommendations of the SREB Committee to Improve Reading and Writing in Middle and High Schools, chaired by Governor Tim Kaine of Virginia, the SREB Board chair. The report includes a message from SREB President Dave Spence and status reports on recent state actions on the issue.
Publication #: 09E01
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Description: This volume is essential for state, district and school leaders who plan to implement schoolwide literacy programs. It provides concrete, research-based steps not only to raise reading and writing achievement but also to help students learn more in every class by using literacy skills. The guide focuses on five literacy goals: reading 25 books across the curriculum; writing weekly in all classes; using reading and writing strategies; writing research papers; and taking rigorous language arts classes. Click "Download publication" to view the first chapter of this publication. Site Development Guide #12.
Publication #: 03V63
Details: 2003: $10 or $6.50 each for 10 or more
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Description: Setting up operational school leadership teams is essential to the implementation of the HSTW and MMGW school improvement designs. This revision of School Site Teams (93V03) explains how working in teams makes school count for all students. Five essential leadership teams and their composition, structure and duties are described. Additional information is provided on the challenges of teamwork and how to work with ineffective team members. Site Development Guide #2.
Publication #: 05V01
Details: $2
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Author: Sondra Cooney and Beth Lasater
Description: The Research Triangle Institute prepared this report for SREB's Making Middle Grades Work initiative. It compared 28 high- and low-implementation schools and found that students at middle grades schools that more fully implement the MMGW design have higher student achievement than those at schools that do not fully implement the design.
Publication #: 06V03
Details: $2; $1 each for 10 or more
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Author: Gene Bottoms and Marna Young
Description: Too many students leave high school unprepared for employment and postsecondary studies. High-quality career/technical education, combined with a college-preparatory academic core, can help improve student achievement so more students graduate, and they graduate college- and career-ready. This report outlines challenges states face in combining technical and academic studies for improved learning, provides actions states can take to overcome these challenges, and highlights current best practices and policies. The challenges and actions in the report were derived from a forum that convened CTE leaders and other decision-makers from 12 states.
Publication #: 08V07
Details: $5; $2.50 each for 10 or more
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Author: Betty Harbin and Gene Bottoms
Description: Data from national assessments and classroom visits show that many state assessments hold students to minimum standards, resulting in many students not being taught to true grade level. To help schools get significantly more students achieving at the proficient level, SREB has developed this guide to planning and writing standards-based units. Standards-based units focus on rigorous lessons, quality assessment and the personal attention that gives meaning to learning. This guide explains what standards-based units look like, how they work and how they can be developed, using a 10-step process.
Publication #: 08V05
Details: $10
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Description: This brief report analyzes student achievement at 43 Arkansas HSTW sites, with particular attention to differences in practices and implementation of the HSTW design at high- and low-graduation schools.
Publication #: 10V19
Details: 2010; 8 pages
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Description: This report describes the findings of SREB’s study of the role of the district office in creating the working conditions that principals need to improve teacher effectiveness and student performance. The “three essentials” of school improvement described in the report emerged from close observations of the inner workings of seven school districts, as SREB’s Learning-Centered Leadership Program sought to answer this essential question: What are the conditions school districts can create that make it possible for principals to be more effective in leading school improvement?
Publication #: 10V16
Details: 2010; 64 pages
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Description: Final legislative and budget actions in Delaware, Louisiana, North Carolina and Tennessee, plus notes from other SREB states
Publication #: 10S06
Details: 11 pages; August 2010
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Description: This brochure provides detailed information about SREB's 2010-2011 professional development opportunities, including four national workshop, a leadership series, the TCTW National Forum, and 10 online professional development Webinar series.
Publication #: 10V18
Details: 2010; 32 pages; free
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Author: Kenna Barger
Description: In this brief report, a High Schools That Work mathematics consultant provides nine actions teachers can take to help students improve their appreciation for and achievement in mathematics.
Publication #: 10V17
Details: 2010; 8 pages
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Description: Final legislative and budget actions in Kentucky, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas, plus notes from other SREB states.
Publication #: 10S05
Details: 28 pages; 2010; free
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Description: This program provides detailed information about the 2010 HSTW Staff Development Conference, in Louisville, Kentucky, July 14 - 17. The program includes descriptions of the 600-plus conference sessions, as well as information about pre-conference professional development opportunities, registration information, maps of the Kentucky International Convention Center and more.
Publication #: 10V15
Details: 2010; 136 pages
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Description: This one-page handout is Exhibit B, distributed with the state progress reports at the 2010 SREB Annual Meeting.
Details: one page
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Author: Joseph L. Marks
Description: In 2009, for the first time since 1954, per capita income in the nation and SREB region declined. This bulletin identifies the other years of decreasing per capita income since the Great Depression and outlines changes in the 16 SREB member states from 2008 to 2009, including each state’s percent of the U.S. average and national rank.
Publication #: 10E09
Details: 2010; 2 pages
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Description: In 2004, Alabama Governor Bob Riley and State Superintendent Joseph B. Morton convened the Governor’s Congress on School Leadership to transform the state’s framework for educational leadership and provide Alabama’s schools with leaders who can improve instruction and achievement. This report outlines the ways in which Alabama has changed school leadership throughout the state, presents university and district partners’ perspectives on the reform and provides recommendations for further reform to continue improving school leadership in Alabama.
Publication #: 10V14
Details: 2010; 40 pages
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Description: Final legislative and budget actions in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia, plus the governor’s proposal in North Carolina and notes from SREB states.
Publication #: 10S04
Details: 2010; 14 pages; May 2010
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Author: Joseph L. Marks
Description: Is the SREB region making progress in whether adults have at least a bachelor’s degree? This bulletin looks at changes in the numbers and percentages of adults earning bachelor’s degrees in SREB states from 2000 to 2008, as well as population growth trends that could have education implications in the region. Both progress and a paradoxical challenge are discussed.
Publication #: 10E04
Details: 2010, 2 pages
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Description: The 2010 Materials List contains hundreds of useful, fact-filled books, research reports, guides, case studies, brochures, DVDs and other materials related to school and leadership improvement. SREB anticipates the information needs of states, districts and schools by producing new publications each year while continuing to offer perennial bestsellers. The materials are based on data and information from more than two decades of helping school leaders and teachers prepare students for challenging studies leading to success in postsecondary studies and careers.
Publication #: 10V09w
Details: 2010; 28 pages; Web only
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Description: This is the last in a series of eight newsletters highlighting best practices presented at the 2009 HSTW Staff Development Conference in Atlanta. These newsletters contain information about successful actions schools across the nation are taking to join hands-on and heads-on learning in ways that increase student motivation and achievement.
This newsletter contains four sections of best practices from HSTW, MMGW and TCTW sites that illustrate the importance of: 1) building-level leadership, 2) distributive leadership structures, 3) leadership for continuous improvement and 4) leadership for effective professional development.
Publication #: 10v07w
Details: 2010; 30 pages
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