University of California faculty and administrators have been debating a change to required courses that sounds like a small issue, but that should have the academic sphere asking these questions ...

It’s summer, but school is not out for 80 incoming freshmen at Eastside College Preparatory School in East Palo Alto. Seven hours a day, Monday through Friday, they’re in classrooms learning ...

For years, Santa Rosa high schoolers have struggled with mandatory college prep math courses. A new two year course may provide a solution. In a Santa Rosa High School math classroom, 12 students are ...

Keyari Cooper started ninth-grade algebra with a decent attitude. Math wasn't her best subject, but the Pittsburg High School student thought she had a fighting chance to pass the course. Factoring, ...

Once again Washington state is changing math standards and end-of-course exams. Fifteen years of such changes have produced nothing. I teach mathematics courses at Lewis and Clark High School. Since ...

College can be thrilling, demanding, and unpredictable. The need for mathematics is one item that always surprises pupils. Many others share your question about the math courses needed in college.

The aim of the Pre-College Preparatory Program (PCPP) is to enrich students’ core competencies in English and Math in order that they become academically fit to embark on an academic journey at an ...

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Across the country this fall, millions of college students are walking into math classrooms worried about their future — perhaps with good reason. For decades, mathematics — particularly college ...

A new policy from the California State University system will soon allow some students to take math classes with pre-requisites other than intermediate algebra to satisfy the math requirements they ...