Lowering math standards not the answer
Higher ed students need better high school preparation or better remedial instruction when they arrive
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IN HIS PERSPECTIVE PIECE in the Spring 2014 issue of CommonWealth (“To fill our talent pool, fix remedial education”), Higher Education Commissioner Richard Freeland expressed concern at the number of college students who are placed into developmental math courses and fail to progress. We agree that far too many students are in developmental math courses. However,(...)