Walter Hunter, who teaches a remedial algebra class at Montgomery County Community College, brought scissors to class last month so his students could cut their textbooks in half. The five-pound, ...

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Remedial course work has long been viewed as a primary barrier to college completion, a black hole from which relatively few students emerge to earn a credential after being placed in the typically ...

The state Board of Education voted Thursday to allow students struggling with the tougher math curriculum to take a remedial class as a core, not elective course. On the End of Course test in May, 48 ...