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Posted inHigher Education

Some California colleges find it hard to shift away from remedial courses

by Matt Krupnick May 31, 2022June 3, 2022

LOS ANGELES – The first in his family to attend college, Paul Medina was increasingly frustrated by his inability to get into a college-level math class. This story also appeared in Los Angeles Times Medina first enrolled in remedial courses at a Los Angeles-area community college in 2005 after an assessment test placed him three […]

Posted inHigher Education

Overdue tuition and fees — as little as $41 — derail hundreds of thousands of California college students

by Sarah Butrymowicz, Pete D'Amato, Meredith Kolodner and Colleen Shalby March 17, 2022April 10, 2022
Posted inElementary to High School, Future of Learning, News

Despite its high-tech profile, Summit charter network makes teachers, not computers, the heart of personalized learning

by Nichole Dobo March 1, 2016April 8, 2021
Posted inCommon Core, Elementary to High School, News

How new tools meant to help special education students take standardized tests actually made them harder

by Laurie Udesky December 21, 2015March 30, 2020
Posted inCalifornia, Higher Education, News, The West

Some small universities can promise big paychecks

by Andra Cernavskis November 1, 2015April 8, 2021
Posted inCalifornia, Elementary to High School, News, The West

L.A. school district’s college-prep push is based on false data

by Sarah Butrymowicz and Howard Blume January 28, 2013October 21, 2020
Posted inCalifornia, Opinion, The West

How the executive branch is reshaping education ― with little debate

by Marc Tucker January 24, 2013October 21, 2020
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