Publications
The Next Generation of School Accountability
A Blueprint for Raising High School Achievement and Graduation Rates
This report recommends strategies that states and public schools can use to improve student achievement and raise graduation rates. The report is based on the recommendations of the SREB Committee to Improve High School Graduation Rates and Achievement, led by Governor Sonny Perdue of Georgia.
School Leadership Change Emerging in Alabama
Results of the Governor’s Congress on School Leadership
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.