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More on college remedial work
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 [...]
Too many Colorado students need to take remedial courses to go to college
On December 29th, the Denver Post writes:
One-third of Colorado high school graduates need remedial classes when they start college every year, and everyone from principals to state bureaucrats is pressing to get higher education and school districts to work together to move kids toward degrees faster.
Here are some more quotes:
At Denver’s Abraham Lincoln High School, [...]
Many Colorado high school graduates not ready for college
Rocky Mountain News reports that the percentage of Colorado high school graduates who can’t do college-level work is 29.9%, virtually the same as the year before when it was 29.7%.
Here are some quotes from the article:
Math continued to be the main problem. Forty percent of students at two-year schools and 16 percent of those at [...]
Old News: High school students lie, cheat and steal.
AP reports this morning:
In the past year, 30 percent of U.S. high school students have stolen from a store and 64 percent have cheated on a test, according to a new, large-scale survey suggesting that Americans are too apathetic about ethical standards.
Educators reacting to the findings questioned any suggestion that today’s young people are less [...]
The Benefits of A.D.H.D? The debate continues
in the New York Times:
A New Face for A.D.H.D., and a Debate
By TARA PARKER-POPE
Published: November 25, 2008
Interactive A.D.H.D Feature
The New York Times is really good at creating wonderful interactive features like this:
Profile of Michelle Rhee of D.C. Public Schools
This month, The Atlantic published a fascinating profile piece on Michelle Rhee, who works as a chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools system, and the founder of The New Teacher Project. Ms. Rhee is pushing reform in the D.C. school system, and ruffling a few feathers in the process.
Halloween Special
Subtitle: Arithmomania, How to Defeat the Prince of Darkness, Vampire Numbers and a Mathematical Proof Showing That Vampires Don’t Exist
All those things (and more!) were squeezed into an editorial piece in The Times by Mr. Marcus du Sautoy. Mr. du Sautoy has recently been elected to the Simonyi Professorship of the Public Understanding of Science, [...]
Math Skills Suffer in U.S., Study Finds
This is what we are fighting for.
Math Skills Suffer in U.S., Study Finds
By SARA RIMER, October 10, 2008
While the study suggests many girls have exceptional talent in math, they are rarely identified in the U.S. because culture discourages girls — and boys — from excelling.
Unacceptable. Let the problem be lack of money. Let it be [...]
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