Recruitment & Retention A National Roundup

Alliance Hires NAACP Executive

By Ann Bradley — August 28, 2007 1 min read
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Michael Wotorson has been named director of community partnerships at the Washington-based Alliance for Excellent Education, which advocates improvement of high schools. He was formerly the national education director for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

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