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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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Education Daily
"Making education decisions that affect all students without the benefit of fully disaggregated data ignores the unique needs of students of color," said Michael Wotorson, director of the Campaign for High School Equity.

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WAMU 88.5 (Washington, DC Public Radio)
Audio: The Campaign for High School Equity is made up of education and civil rights activists who are trying to improve the nation's high schools. Its members are urging Congress to hold public school systems accountable for making sure most students graduate. Commentator Michael Wortorson is director of community partnerships for the Alliance for Excellent Education....

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Education Daily
Of all the proposals up in the air during the stalled NCLB reauthorization talks, graduation rate reform may be one of the few with support to move on its own.

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PRNewswire-USNewswire via Washington Examiner
The Campaign for High School Equity, the only coalition of leading civil rights groups to focus on high school education reform, today urged policymakers to ensure productive futures for all students by holding school systems accountable for getting students successfully to graduation.

San Francisco Chronicle
Authors: Marc Morial is president and CEO of the National Urban League and John Trasviña is president and general counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Both organizations are managing partners of the Campaign for High School Equity.

Education Week
The Campaign for High School Equity held a Dec. 6 forum to push for high school improvement as part of NCLB reauthorization. The coalition includes Washington-based groups such as the Alliance for Excellent Education, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, and the National Council of La Raza.

Education Daily
The conclusion that members of hosting organization the Campaign for High School Equity made: NCLB reauthorization provides a crucial window to begin the extensive work in righting the civil rights wrongs that occur in America's high schools.

St. Louis American
The Campaign for High School Equity was launched June 19 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. at an event featuring leaders from nine major civil rights organizations, which are joining together in an unprecedented partnership to ensure that America’s secondary schools have the capacity and motivation to prepare every student for graduation, college, work, and life.

Education.com
Think the civil rights movement is over? Think again. Nine major organizations representing communities of color are making history again--this time in the name of kids. Dubbed the Campaign for High School Equity, the goal is to ensure that America’s high schools can supply students of all backgrounds with the tools for college, work and life.