Kids are arriving on college campuses with fewer skills. But, rather than challenge students, many colleges are lowering ...

Remedial math and English classes were designed to help students prepare for college-level courses, but research has shown that they actually made it harder for students to finish college. Students ...

(The Center Square) – A new report by the University of California, San Diego found freshmen are nowhere near ready for college math and writing classes. The problem isn’t isolated to new students at ...

Diego Fonseca looked at the computer and took a breath. It was his final attempt at the math placement test for his first year of college. His first three tries put him in pre-calculus, a blow for a ...

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 ...

A warning from California — the decision to drop statewide testing standards hurts students, and Tennessee doesn’t have to ...

The Post’s special section on the Jouney to College. Lest you think your high school curriculum doesn’t matter, rest assured it does. And it may very well forge your future regarding what colleges ...

This fall, thousands of students across the country have come to campuses with excitement about being there but also some trepidation that they may not succeed. And when they leave next spring, many ...

Math is a notorious stumbling block that trips up students seeking college degrees. Every year, tens of thousands of young people fail to graduate because they can’t earn enough math credits. To help ...

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OXNARD, Calif. — On a Wednesday morning in December, Dale Perizzolo’s math class at Adolfo Camarillo High School was anything but quiet. Students chatted about the data analysis they performed on ...

“These guys are the most enthusiastic class I've had,” says SRJC math teacher Barbara Gude. The college, as part of a new jail program aimed at reducing recidivism, is one of about 30 around the state ...