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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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“They used to say that knowledge is power. I used to think so, but I now know that they mean money” — Lord Byron, 19th century English poet. * The first charter-school program got legislative authorization in Minnesota 20 years ago. Its author writes in Education Week to dispel myths about the formative years of […]

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