San Diego Union-Tribune

College students are still struggling with basic math. Professors blame the pandemic

FAIRFAX, Va.FAIRFAX, Va. — Diego Fonseca looked at the computer and took a breath. It was his final attempt at the math placement test for his first year of college. His first three tries put him in ...
The Hechinger Report

Math ends the education careers of thousands of community college students. A few schools are trying something new

Keith Perkins, foreground, works through an algorithm for calculating ladder rung spacing in Linn-Benton Community College’s math for welders class. Credit: Jan Sonnenmair for The Hechinger Report The ...
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College students are still struggling with basic math. Professors blame the pandemic

A student uses his phone to copy the whiteboard at the end of a summer math boot camp session on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2023 at George Mason University in Fairfax. Va. Diego Fonseca looked at the computer ...
The Hechinger Report

College students are still struggling with basic math. Professors blame the pandemic

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