A stunning 77.6 percent of NYC public-high-school graduates who entered CUNY community colleges as freshmen last fall needed remediation in math, reading or writing, new data show. Despite their ...
When my family and I lived in Rockland County, we had friends whose daughter almost didn’t graduate from college because her math skills were so poor. After a bit of sleuthing, she cobbled together a ...
Graduation rates are up at city high schools, but that doesn't mean students can do even basic algebra. A report from City University of New York found that a staggering 90% of 200 students tested ...
The head of the schools chancellor’s math panel yesterday endorsed using controversial constructivist math programs in city public schools. “That should be part of the mix. People ought to try and see ...
A growing number of states have begun to require community colleges to allow more students with academic deficiencies to skip remediation and enroll directly in college-level courses. New research ...
The Daily News reports on a disturbing CUNY report: "During their first math class at one of CUNY's four-year colleges, 90% of 200 students tested couldn't solve a simple algebra problem...Only a ...
New York, NY (March 23, 2022) – Dennis Parnell Sullivan, Albert Einstein Chair in Science and Distinguished Professor of Mathematics at the City University of New York Graduate Center and ...