Remedial Math at Harvard

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Harvard having to add a bunch of remedial support to its calculus classes ‘cause they’re getting the same situation of people coming in and they’re nowhere near able to pass a calculus course ‘cause they got these gaping holes of missing foundations in high school and probably even middle school math.

I mean, that’s what the University of California San Diego found, right?

That 1 in 12 incoming freshmen college freshmen were not proficient in middle school math.

But like at Harvard too.

All this remedial math, it’s just ridiculous.

This teaser is distilled from the following post, if you want to dive deeper: The Fall of Olympus: Education Edition .

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