yes, the number of remedial and basic courses has increased (and eaten up most of the budget money that was promised to be to restore courses across the spectrum).
ALSO, many regular courses are slowed down and are unable to include as much material ...or, more often, are unable to cover it nearly as well...because of the extra time being consumed in “reviewing” or “preparing” students for lessons or readings they SHOULD be ready for, but are not... (in effect, remedial instruction is pushing into regular courses alot)
when you see a bunch of basic English 100 classes on offer in a college schedule... and no Shakespeare or Chaucer or Faulkner or Hemingway...and precious little advanced composition... you know the school is impacted with “remedial” students (people who shouldn’t be there)
Well said. I hope everyone reading this blog will carefully read what you have written.
The reality is that public education has failed millions of American students by pushing them through grade after grade even though they were unable to read or write. Now the colleges and universities are doing the same thing.
The only bright spot is the Parents Revolution and Choice as children are being home schooled, attending charter, private and religious schools. There are signs that minority families are now demanding a choice about where their children attend school.