ATLANTA – Leaders from Southern Regional Education Board states gathered here October 25 and 26 to discuss ways to begin and improve media campaigns aimed at increasing rates of college attendance and helping students meet other educational goals.
The SREB Go Alliance is an association of states that work together to develop creative outreach campaigns that encourage students to finish high school, to attend college and to develop the skills they will need to achieve those goals.
Many SREB states have begun print and/or broadcast promotional campaigns that stress the importance of rigorous courses in high school and the benefits of higher learning.
SREB’s Challenge to Lead Goals for Education call for all students to complete high school. They also call for all students who earn a high school diploma to be well-prepared for college and careers, and for the percentage of students who earn postsecondary degrees or technical certificates to exceed national averages in all SREB states.
The Go Alliance represents another way SREB states are working to lead the nation in educational progress.
To learn more about the SREB Go Alliance and for contacts on the work happening in your state, please visit www.goallianceonline.org or contact SREB Communications.
SREB, a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization based in Atlanta, Georgia, advises state education leaders on ways to improve education. SREB was created in 1948 by Southern governors and legislatures to help leaders in education and government work cooperatively to advance education and improve the social and economic life of the region. SREB has 16 member states: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia. Each is represented by its governor and four gubernatorial appointees.
