"High School is Obsolete."

So said Bill Gates at an education conference this past weekend. In addition, 13 governors signed a compact to raise their states high school graduation rates. In Georgia, where my sister lives, the states ranks 49th in HS graduation rate. How is raising the standard going to improve that graduation rate problem. It sounds to me, as if they are trying to better educate the ones that do graduate and if the non-graduates fall to the wayside, so be it. Incidentally, Georgia has a 67% rate among whites and 48% among blacks. Again, how will raising the standards help kids who don't see the value of graduating now?!