
College without remediation
If remedial classes don’t help college students succeed — and there’s lots of evidence for that — what’s the alternative? California State University needs to develop better supports for poorly prepared students and help high schools improve academic rigor, writes Michael Kurlaender, professor of education policy at University of California Davis, in Education Next. “Only 30 percent of California 11th graders are deemed ready for college-level work in both mathematics and Eng