Many College Students Struggle To Pass Remedial Math. Do They Need To?

Written by PBS NewsHour

Narrated by PBS NewsHour

Colleges created remedial education classes to ensure students were sufficiently prepared for more advanced material. But increasingly, there’s a sense that remedial courses are hurting the prospects of the students they are intended to help. As a result, some California colleges and high schools are rethinking their approach to teaching math -- with encouraging results. Hari Sreenivasan reports.

• Language: English
• Publisher: NewsHour Productions
• Release date: May 14, 2019
• ISBN: 9781987139426