State: Georgia
Georgia
Your Guide to Data and Services for Georgia
SREB works with Georgia policymakers, colleges and schools to help them improve education. From this page, find independent, accurate data, reliable best practices and ways to share scarce resources — plus details on how Georgia uses SREB’s targeted programs and services.
Georgia Members of the Board
Brian Kemp, Governor of Georgia, Atlanta, ex
officio (2023)
Matt Arthur, Executive Secretary, Georgia
Professional Standards Commission, Atlanta (2021)
Greg Dozier, Commissioner, Technical College
System of Georgia, Atlanta (2023)
Terry England, State Representative, Auburn
(2024)
Blake Tillery, State Senator, Vidalia (2022)
(Appointments to the Board are made by the Governor. Terms
expire June 30 of the specified year.)
Georgia Members of the Legislative Advisory Council
Robert Dickey, State Representative, Musella
Terry England, State Representative,
Auburn
Mack Jackson, State Representative,
Sandersville
Freddie Powell Sims, State Senator, Dawson
Blake Tillery, State Senator, Vidalia
Georgia
2020 State Workforce Outlook
Georgia: A Turning Point
A Turning Point is the ninth biennial report to SREB states on their progress in meeting SREB’s Challenge to Lead goals for education. The 2020 report focuses on Charting a Course to 2030 — evaluating how well states are preparing their workforces for the future economy. Each customized state report documents advancement on both measurable outcomes and state policies. Through effective policy implementation, the goals can help states drive improvements in student achievement, high school graduation, college completion and workforce readiness.
Georgia
2019 State Workforce Outlook
Georgia Featured Facts
from the SREB Fact Book on Higher Education
Georgia-specific data on population, demographic, education attainment, enrollment, graduation rates, workforce, tuition, debt, funding, faculty salaries and more.
Georgia Partners Forge Nursing Career Pathway
WellStar Health System and a coalition of partners is launching a streamlined career pathway to nursing credentials with local schools and colleges. It begins with rising high school students and continues through dual high school-college credits to certifications and college nursing degrees.
Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee Educators Win National Readiness Awards
Preparing students for college-credit courses
Educators from Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee, and schools in Arkansas and Mississippi, in were honored this week with the Southern Regional Education Board’s Readiness awards. These national awards recognize outstanding teachers and leaders offering SREB’s Readiness Courses, which help underprepared students succeed in high school and postsecondary programs without the need for remediation.
Schools Honored at the Making Schools Work Conference
2019 Gene Bottoms Pacesetter School Awards
Ten schools were recognized at the Making Schools Work Conference in Baltimore, Maryland, for their efforts to increase quality instruction and raise student achievement.
The Gene Bottoms Pacesetter Awards recognize schools that implement one of SREB’s Making Schools Work school improvement frameworks and are achieving success in increasing student graduation rates, readiness for college or careers, and credential attainment.
How did each each school achieve the award? Download the releases below for details.
- Download Anderson 5 Career Campus
- Download Buckeye Valley Middle School
- Download Grant Career Center
- Download Mid-America Technology Center
- Download Nicholas County Career and Technical Center
- Download Northland Career Center
- Download Pioneer Career Technology Center
- Download St. Marys Middle School
- Download Steubenville High School
- Download Susquehanna County CTC
- Read more
Georgia
College Affordability Profile
To help policymakers assess and improve college affordability in their states, SREB provides tailored reports on the policies, programs and prices that drive affordability. Each member-state profile details net price at different types of institutions, state financial aid based on need or other factors, student borrowing, and percentage of family income needed to pay for college at different income levels.
Georgia: Looking Closer
Looking Closer is the eighth biennial report to SREB states on their progress in meeting SREB’s Challenge to Lead goals for education. Each customized state report documents progress on both measurable outcomes and state policies. Through effective policy implementation, the goals can help states drive improvements in student achievement, high school graduation, college completion and workforce readiness.
Georgia Moves Forward In College Persistence
"Looking Closer" State Progress Reports 2018
Georgia continues to improve public education on several key measures, according to the 2018 state progress reports from SREB. The reports detail demographic trends, student data from early childhood to postsecondary education, and the state’s implementation of key policies. Full release >
Governor Edwards of Louisiana Re-Elected Chair of the Southern Regional Education Board
Chancellor Johnson of Oklahoma is vice chair
LAC officers are Senator Millar of Georgia and Representative Carney of Kentucky
Atlanta, Georgia — June 26, 2018 — Governor John Bel Edwards of Louisiana was re-elected to serve another one-year term as chair of the Southern Regional Education Board. He was re-elected at the organization’s annual meeting in Boca Raton, Florida, on Sunday.
Black and Hispanic Students Make ACT Gains in Many SREB States
Black and Hispanic students in many SREB states made gains in ACT scores in the 2017 results. And test-taking rates continued to grow in several states.
Governor Edwards of Louisiana Re-Elected SREB Chair
Senator Elliott of Arkansas is vice chair
LAC officers are Representative Baker of Alabama and Senator Millar of Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia — June 30, 2017 — Governor John Bel Edwards of Louisiana will serve a second one-year term as chair of the Southern Regional Education Board. He was re-elected at the organization’s annual meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Sunday.
Broader ACT participation shows readiness gap more clearly
As more and more students take the ACT, we can see more clearly the gap between rising high school graduation rates and lagging college readiness.
Building Life Skills in a Middle School Classroom
Quinton A. Granville was a seventh-grade social studies and reading teacher for Atlanta Public Schools when this blog entry was written. He is now a literacy consultant at SREB.
Quinton Granville has been using the Literacy Design Collaboration framework in his seventh-grade classroom for nearly a year. He says he’s come a long way since he was introduced to LDC through a districtwide initiative.