Will Teacher Salaries Rise?

Teacher salaries are in the news, and we’ve been getting some questions about actions SREB states are taking during this year’s legislative sessions.

Learn about proposed teacher salary increases in SREB states for 2019-20. Read the blog post >

ALIGNING PLANS

Workforce Webinars

Beginning in April, SREB will launch webinars focusing on two important education topics: workforce and teacher prep.

The first in the series, Aligning ESSA, Perkins V and WIOA Across the Lifespan, will be held Friday, April 12, noon to 1:30 p.m. EST.

Registration is required, and there is no cost to attend. Can't make the date? Register to watch the recorded session or read our brief for a list of questions state legislators and other policymakers can ask to determine how best to implement plans under these federal statutes as one coherent system.

Visit our website to learn about other webinars.

HIGHER ED

Degrees of Difficulty: Women of Color and the Ph.D.

Overcoming hurdles relating to both gender and race can make academia especially challenging for women scholars. That was a major theme among experts at the 2018 Institute on Teaching and Learning, hosted by the SREB-State Doctoral Scholars Program.

Too often, speakers said, universities leave the challenge of diversification on the shoulders of directors with little power, small budgets, and limited staff. Others emphasized that women in higher education shouldn’t have to choose between professional goals and personal ones, including family.

Mentoring for women in academia and young professors of color can help them navigate these challenges, said Ana Julia Bridges, the national Faculty Mentor of the Year. “I attend to both the personal and professional well-being of my students," Bridges said, adding that she strives for an environment of “love and opportunity.”

Shelcie Menard, a Ph.D. graduate in biology, said the journey to the doctorate has as much to do with tenacity as intelligence. “Be an example for people coming behind you,” Menard said. “Young people are watching.” Read full story>

LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Updates on Governors' Legislative and Budget Proposals in SREB states

SREB tracks and reports on actions on education issues by state lawmakers across the SREB region.

Review governors’ legislative and budget proposals related to education in Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia in SREB’s February and March legislative reports.

Read SREB's report, Unprepared and Unaware: Upskilling the Workforce for a Decade of Uncertainty.

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