June 11, 2009
Obama Administration Joins Efforts to Fix Remedial Education
The Obama administration has thrown its weight behind a growing movement to fix remedial education —one of the main barriers between millions of students and college degrees.
The U.S. Department of Education indicated this new focus in its guidelines for how states can use education-related funds provided through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. While the department does not specify ways to allocate the money, it instructs states to raise standards consistent
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