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 ...

Two years after California implemented a law requiring that community colleges "maximize" the chances that new students complete math and English coursework that can be transferred to a four-year ...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - 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 research ...

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 ...

February 12, 2026 - California's Assembly Bill 218 made it possible for childhood abuse victims to sue public agencies up to their 40th birthday or five years after discovering the abuse. This story ...

Increasing the number of students ready to transfer to four-year colleges has been a goal of California’s community college system since its inception over a century ago. The transfer curriculum is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Paul Medina struggled with remedial math in community college, but ultimately passed a college-level course with intense help from ...

Remedial education at California’s community colleges is facing a death blow. Awaiting Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature is a bill that would mostly ban remedial math and English classes, which can’t ...

Marjorie Blen, a first-generation college student, dropped out of Contra Costa College because she couldn’t get through what felt like a never-ending series of remedial courses. She says she was ...

A growing number of community college systems, in California, Florida, Louisiana, Tennessee, Texas, New York City and elsewhere, have stopped requiring students to take remedial courses before they ...

The first in his family to attend college, Paul Medina was increasingly frustrated by his inability to get into a college-level math class. Medina first enrolled in remedial courses at East Los ...