Proceedings of the 1983 annual meeting of the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) are presented. Contents include a roundtable discussion, nine papers, a progress report by the SREB's Task Force on Higher Education and the Schools, a presentation on a SREB report on higher education and high technology economic development, a summary of the overall meeting, a meeting agenda, a roster of participants, meeting minutes, the president's report, and minutes of the SREB executive committee meeting. Recommendations are offered concerning: raising high school academic standards and graduation requirements, raising college admissions standards, improving teacher selection, teacher education and certification; mathematics and science education; and vocational education. The text of a roundtable discussion on programs to improve quality and provide new incentives for teachers is provided, along with a summary of the project "Meeting the Need for Quality: Action in the South." Additional contents address the following topics: the Tennessee Master Teacher Program, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Plan, the Houston Independent School District Plan, the role of universities, the state role, institutional and state responses to challenges of high technology, and skills for the work place. (SW)