One Third Of California's High School Seniors Did Not Graduate

California Graduation Rates Reach 10 Year Low...

Absurd!

Official reports were released showing that only 2/3 of California's high school senior receive

We live in a time where India and China are pumping out more engineers and IT grads than ever before. This coupled with the facts that we as a society must become a service and by that i mean high skilled, service sector. We will not have jobs for non grads, we may not even have enough jobs for high school grads. Its very upsetting to see a state in which the higher education system is amongst the world best, to have insanely low high school graduation rates. Really a bummer.

Many blame it on the high school exit exam which was instituted for the class of 2004 onward. However this exam tests students on basic knowledge that all high school grads should possess. diplomas. Statewide graduation rates for the class of 2006 were a 67%. Whats happening?