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Article: Campaign for High School Equity Urges Senate to Hold Schools Accountable for Increasing Graduation Rates
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- January 24, 2008
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To: POLITICAL EDITORS
Contact: Laura Rodriguez, +1-202-331-4323,
lrodriguez@vancomm.com, for Campaign for High School Equity
Coalition Says Encouraging Graduation Through NCLB is Key to
Future of All Students
WASHINGTON,Jan. 24/PRNewswire-USNewswire/--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.
One third of American students -- about 1.2 million each year --
leave high school without a diploma, and graduation rates for poor
and minority students are ...