Half of students fail college algebra. Reformers say outdated college math requirements are gatekeeping graduation.

Remedial course work has long been viewed as a primary barrier to college completion, a black hole from which relatively few students emerge to earn a credential after being placed in the typically ...

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A San Diego area community college that moved early to eliminate remedial math courses is drawing lots of attention across the state for success in teaching math. Not only are students at Cuyamaca ...

Remediation is the no man’s land of American education. Every year we send hundreds of thousands of young men and women over the top, across a rocky landscape strewn with pedagogical barbed wire and ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. In the summer of 2017, 2,752 freshmen ...

As the White House moves to revoke Harvard University’s certification to enroll foreign students — escalating a battle between the administration and the oldest and wealthiest college in the U.S. — ...

You may have heard this week that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced it would give $16.5 million in grants to 15 community colleges and five states (Connecticut, Florida, Ohio, Texas and ...

What is it about math that puts people off? When it comes to reading/English language arts, there is universal agreement that supporting literacy is a priority. Here in the Lowcountry, for example, ...