Just buzzing around on cnn.com and came across an article on Arne Duncan's ill advised comments last week. In the followup, the article goes onto state that;
According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, between 28% and 40% of four-year college students have to enroll in at least one remedial course
to learn content and skills they should have learned before earning
their high school diplomas. It goes up to more than 50% at community
colleges. Worse, according to a U.S. Department of Education study, only
27% of students who needed a remedial math course completed college.
For those who took remedial English, only 17% eventually graduated.
How scary is that? Full article can be found at
http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/19/opinion/porter-magee-arne-duncan/?iref=obnetwork
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