Faculty members at the University of California are calling on the UC system to bring back standardized tests in its admissions process. KPBS education reporter Katie Anastas says it comes as more and ...

Higher education officials ditched remedial classes five years ago, saying they were dead ends. Early results show a new ‘corequisite’ model is working better. This story was produced in partnership ...

Universal Studios Hollywood has rolled out a new $59 dining pass that’s good for two meals with four sides during a single visit to the movie theme park — but is it worth it? We do the math to break ...

M ore than 25 years ago, Shay Dangerfield enrolled at Grossmont College, in El Cajon, Calif., and tested into a remedial-math course. She found it a demoralizing waste of time. “I was thinking, I just ...

On the Monday, March 16, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: President Donald Trump says the SAVE America Act would “guarantee the midterms” for Republicans. USA TODAY Congressional Reporter Zach ...

Across the country, 4th and 8th graders are taking the National Assessment of Educational Progress in a range of subjects this month, but I’ll be paying particularly close attention to how middle ...

The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Senate Administration Workshop on Admissions recently released a report on the math and English proficiency of the most recent cohort of admitted ...

Kids are arriving on college campuses with fewer skills and diminished attention spans. But, rather than challenge students, many colleges are lowering institutional standards to accommodate them.

For over a decade, I’ve been deeply involved in San Diego Unified schools with my three kids. I’ve volunteered in classrooms, on school site councils, parent organizations and countless district ...

UCSD has seen a dramatic increase in freshmen needing remedial math, rising from 1 in 100 to 1 in 8, attributed to pandemic disruptions, poor teaching methods, and a focus on DEI over academic ...

National math scores are in the tank again. What’s going on? The latest NAEP results show eighth-grade math scores are flat — a bad sign after the historic eight-point drop in 2022. A new UC San Diego ...