ChiKat

This is pretty sad:

According to a 2006 UC study, only 35 percent of CPS graduates get a college degree. You can read the full article at Chicago Catalyst, which is a great site about Chicago Public Schools.

I'm pretty appalled by the 35 percent, although to be fair, I have no idea what my own high school's statistics were. I did find a statistic that said nationwide, 68 percent of high school students go to college.

When I worked in Seattle at a dot-com, I was occasionally involved in the hiring process. We never looked at anyone who didn't have a college degree. Not just for tech jobs, but even temp jobs doing data entry. You had to have a degree to get in the door.

I know there are other avenues kids could take, like vocational training, but 35 percent still seems incredibly low to me.