EDUCATION College students are struggling with basic math, many stuck at 9th grade level; professors blame the pandemic Colleges are largely blaming the disruptions of the pandemic, which have ...

At George Mason, fewer students are getting into calculus — the first college-level course for some majors — and more are failing. Students who fall behind often disengage, disappearing from ...

The K-12 system keeps sending us students who can’t do algebra. Here’s how to fix that. by Alex Small and Yasser Salem, Opinion Contributor - 09/29/23 7:00 AM ET ...

“We’re talking about college-level pre-calculus and calculus classes, and students cannot even add one-half and one-third.” For Jessica Babcock, a Temple University math professor, the magnitude of ...

Khan Academy and the nonprofit National Education Equity Lab today announced the expansion of its pilot program to allow high school students in historically underserved communities to take ...

Estimates suggest that "half of all college students don't earn a passing grade in required algebra courses, preventing them from graduating or taking the higher-level math courses that are a gateway ...

Students who score 258 to 265 place up into the Corequisite Level Math, which will allow them to take Math 1111 College Algebra with a support class if algebra is needed for their major. If a student ...

College algebra, listed as a freshman-level math requirement at most major universities, is designed to prepare students for calculus. But only about 20% of majors require higher-level math.

At George Mason, fewer students are getting into calculus—the first college-level course for some majors—and more are failing. Students who fall behind often disengage, disappearing from class.

At George Mason, fewer students are getting into calculus — the first college-level course for some majors — and more are failing. Students who fall behind often disengage, disappearing from ...