January 22, 2026 - Fausto Lopez finished high school, got an associate degree and applied to attend a four-year college - all while inside juvenile detention. Imagine you’re 16. You’ve just passed ...

After researching how students are placed in remediation classes, I began to wonder how someone who already has a college degree would do on such a test. So I decided to take the Accuplacer. (Take ...

More than 900 students at UC San Diego needed catch-up math classes in the fall of 2025 compared to 32 five years earlier.

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Kansas high schools are piloting a yearlong math course that aims to save students time and money once they enter college. Too many students get to college and end up taking remedial math courses that ...

College can be thrilling, demanding, and unpredictable. The need for mathematics is one item that always surprises pupils. Many others share your question about the math courses needed in college.

Some administrators are considering ending algebra requirements for some college degrees. College algebra is a requirement at most universities, but one in three college students fails the course. The ...

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