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Remedial classes aren’t helping thousands of Michigan college students

More than a third of Michigan students enrolling in state colleges take high school-level courses that may not be doing any good. That’s the conclusion of three separate national studies examining the level and the impact of college remedial classes. Those studies conclude that many of the 23,000 Michigan students taking remedial courses don’t need […]

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“Education in the light of present-day knowledge and need calls for some spirited and creative innovations both in the substance and the purpose of current pedagogy” — Anne Sullivan Macy, tutor of Helen Keller. * Stockton, Calif., just became the largest U.S. city to ever file for bankruptcy. The invaluable Atlantic Cities site rounds up […]

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