Some students at Harvard are playing catch-up on a year-long remedial math course aimed at rectifying a "lack of foundational" skills believed to be exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, but some, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Students cheer during Harvard University's commencement ceremonies, Thursday, May 29, 2025 in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles ...

A star student at her small Alabama high school, Kyra Richardson graduated confident in her academic prowess in all but one subject: math. By the time she arrived at Harvard in the fall of 2024, it ...

MONTGOMERY -- The Great Recession has sent thousands of Alabamians back to school to lay the groundwork for new careers, and many of them are finding they've lost their math skills in the intervening ...

It's been a wild week for Harvard University, and not the kind that makes the alumni newsletter. At a recent press meet, US President Donald Trump took a swipe at Harvard students, mocking them for ...

At a time when Wisconsin is struggling to help students learn the basics, DPI is asking the public to embrace new ...

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 ...

President Trump wondered in the Oval Office: ‘How can somebody that can’t add or has very basic skills, how do they get into Harvard?’ Photo: Samuel Corum/Press Pool The White House has an expanding ...

Colleges routinely force students with weak math skills to take remedial classes before enrolling in one that yields credit, a requirement that poses one of the biggest hurdles for disadvantaged ...

There was a time when graduating from high school signified preparedness for college. Not anymore, according to reports in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution about how many college students need ...