After graduating from high school in 2005, Richard Mohammed enrolled in Bucks County Community College to study nursing. But first the B+ student had to take remedial reading and writing, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer.
“It’s difficult to swallow that these kids walk across a stage at graduation and we say, ‘You met all our standards to graduate,’ then the first thing they do in a postsecondary school is take a sophomore high school level math course,” (Pennsylvania Education Secretary Ron) Tomalis said.
“Parents have to pay for extra semesters of remediation, and a four-year degree becomes five or six years.”
Mohammed earned an associate degree in six years.
Seventy percent of students take at least one remedial class at Community College of Philadelphia. Pennsylvania hopes Common Core Standards will strengthen the curriculum and reduce the need for remediation.
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[...] Even B+ students have to take remedial courses in college sometimes. (Community College Spotlight) [...]
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