Southern Synergy: The Columbia Group, Business, and Education Reform (473K)
The Southern Synergy report describes and analyzes the role of nine organizations, from each of the southeastern states in which BellSouth Foundation currently operates, as major contributors in state-wide, systemic education reform efforts. The report also discusses the informal network called the Columbia Group that these organizations have created to exchange ideas, formulate strategies, collaborate on regional projects, and assess their work.
Teachers & Teaching in the Southeast - A Special Columbia Group Report
The Columbia Group examined teachers and teaching in the Southeast. Throughout the report, questions and recommendations have been made to policymakers, educators, business people, and others who are struggling to find a way to make the region's schools what they should, and must be.