HITN Online TV
Michael Wotorson, executive director at CHSE, appeared on HITN Online TV's Destination Case Blanca as part of their Washington Roundtable on September 26, 2008. The show discussed the educational challenges facing Latino students, including equity, school quality, resources, standards and accountability, and high dropout rates.
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Aspen Institute Review
September 15, 2008
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Civil Rights and the No Child Left Behind Act: CHSE Letter to the Editor
August 10, 2008
The New York Times
Letter to the Editor submitted by Michael Wotorson, director of the Campaign for High School Equity.
Gilbert: Indian kids deserve a fair chance
July 18, 2008
Indian Country Today
Willard Sakiestewa Gilbert, Hopi, is the board president of the National Indian Education Association. NIEA is a member of the Campaign for High School Equity, a civil rights coalition that strives for education policy that prepares all students to be successful in work and life.
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Culturally sensitive teaching can close gap, coalition says
July 14, 2008
Education Daily
Although NCLB reauthorization has stalled, a broad coalition of civil rights groups is working to ensure a new bill contains provisions for "culturally based teaching" that integrates native language, culture and traditions into secondary school classrooms -- an approach the coalition says can significantly close the achievement gap.
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LULAC Calls for Culture-based Educational Approach and Accountability To Stem Dropout Rate Among Minorities
July 11, 2008
Diverse Issues in Higher Education
LULAC, a founding member of the Campaign for High School Equity, a diverse coalition of civil rights organizations committed education equality, is pressing for visible reform in the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act slated to pass sometime next year.
Education numbers speak for themselves
May 18, 2008
The Republican (Springfield, MA)
By Michael Wotorson, Director, Campaign for High School Equity...Across the board, the numbers clearly show that America's schools are in crisis. Every year approximately 1.2 million American students drop out of high school.... Of the students who do graduate from high school, approximately half are not ready for college; many are unable to perform reading and mathematics with even basic proficiency. And of the students who drop out, a disproportionate percentage are minority and low income.
Ed. Dept. Chided on Graduation Oversight
April 11, 2008
Education Week
...the planned move to a uniform definition of graduation rates is an important step in fixing the mistakes of the early days of implementing the 6-year-old NCLB law, said Michael T.S. Wotorson, the director of the Campaign for High School Equity.
High School Dropout: A Silent Epidemic
April 04, 2008
Black Enterprise
"The problem with tracking educational progress has been caused by the wide variety of how states report information," says Michael Wotorson, director of the Campaign for High School Equity. "You might look at Nebraska, Mississippi, and Georgia and they each may report a certain graduation rate but using different approaches and different calculation rates."
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