Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Remedial education at California’s community colleges is facing a death blow. Awaiting Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature is a bill ...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Each year, an estimated 1.7 million U.S. college students are steered to remedial classes to catch them up and prepare them for regular coursework. But a growing body of ...

Robert Gomez, 19, sophomore business major at CSUN, feels discouraged by the remedial, also known as supplemental instruction, work required for him. “I feel like quitting a lot of the time because ...

Of the 45 students who started Roya Furmuly's online remedial algebra class, just over half stayed until the end. The instructor at Pierce College in Woodland Hills (Los Angeles County) dropped about ...

DAVIE, Fla. -- Professor Derron Bowen teaches high school math to college students, patiently chalking equations on the board on basic arithmetic topics such as the speed of a driver on a a 20-hour ...

EdSource · Can we axe remedial classes? This past spring, each community college was required to submit a report to the chancellor’s office explaining whether they planned to offer remedial classes in ...