RMN reports today that 

More than half of all Denver Public Schools graduates who enroll in a state college or university must take at least one remedial course … 

… and in most cases, that class is math.

We’ve been hearing a lot about this issue recently. Just a week ago the Denver Post published almost an identical story, and last month RMN itself did a story on it.

Here are some of the interesting quotes from today’s article:

 Ten of the 70 school districts have remediation rates of 50 percent or above. That includes DPS, Sheridan and Commerce City in the metro area.

 Seven school districts have remediation rates of 20 percent or less. Boulder Valley is the only metro area district in that group.

 School remediation rates ranged from a low of 4.8 percent for D’Evelyn Junior/Senior High School in Jefferson County to a high of 71.7 percent for Denver’s West High School.

 Three metro-area school districts have seen double-digit increases in their remediation rates over the past three years – DPS, Sheridan and Commerce City. DPS’ rate was 46.4 percent in 2006 and 56.3 percent in 2008.

At Abraham Lincoln High School, the number of graduates attending a Colorado college or university over three years has nearly doubled – along with the school’s remediation rate.