I was shocked by today's report that the high school dropout rate in California has reached 24%.From the Los Angeles Times:Deploying a long-promised tool to track high school dropouts, the state released numbers Wednesday estimating that 1 in 4 California students-- and 1 in 3 in Los Angeles-- quit school. The rates are considerably higher than previously acknowledged but lower than some independent estimates.The figures are based on a new statewide tracking system that relies on...