Faculty members at the University of California are calling on the UC system to bring back standardized tests in its admissions process. KPBS education reporter Katie Anastas says it comes as more and ...

Analog Academics: As students increasingly struggle with college algebra requirements, many are sent to “remedial” math classes to catch up. Here, a remedial math student's notebook at Baltimore City ...

Are high school students getting the preparation they need for college math? The question, long a focus of study in K-12 math education and policy, is now the subject of a Senate inquiry. Sen. Bill ...

More than 25% of the UC San Diego students placed in the school's lowest remedial math class had gotten a 4.0 grade average in high school math. One in eight freshmen at UC San Diego place below ...

UC San Diego is trying to solve a math problem. The university said a growing number of students are starting their freshman year lacking high school math proficiency. KPBS reporter Jacob Aere says ...

For the past several years, America has been using its young people as lab rats in a sweeping, if not exactly thought-out, education experiment. Schools across the country have been lowering standards ...

A new report from the University of California, San Diego has ignited a viral conversation on social media, because it demonstrates the alarming lack of preparation among incoming freshmen for college ...

UC San Diego says it’s struggling to deal with a large and growing number of freshmen whose math skills are below middle-school level, leaving many unprepared to thrive at an institution famed for its ...

A University of California San Diego report warns that roughly one in eight incoming college students can’t meet middle school math standards. It found that the number of students needing to take ...

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Math is not political. The numbers add up, or they don’t. For Los Angeles City Controller Kenneth Mejia, who was elected in 2022 as an avowed leftist endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of ...