Universities Are Having to Teach Middle School Math

by Justin Skycak on

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One in 12 students entering UCSD in 2025, they don’t know middle school math. We’re talking below Algebra 1: Fractions, order of operations, what’s an exponent?

I mean, it’s so ridiculous. You know, UCSD, they had a remedial math course for students coming in who are missing their high school foundations.

And that remedial course was too advanced for a lot of these students coming in so they had to make a remedial remedial course. Remediation for the remedial course for the calculus course.

I mean that’s crazy!

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Further reading: Why Can’t College Students Do Middle School Math? - Math Academy Podcast #6, Part 1 .


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