Shakira Lockett was a pretty good student in elementary, middle and high school. The Miami-Dade County native says she typically earned As and Bs in English classes. Math was always something of a ...

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Beyond its building boom, perhaps the most notable developments at Jackson Community College this decade has been its push to make sure incoming students are ready to learn. As we saw last week, that ...

A large number of California’s community college students face roadblocks in their education and drop out because they are required to take remedial — or what college officials call developmental — ...

South Bend, Ind. - About 70 percent of first-time students at Ivy Tech Community College campuses are required to take remedial classes before they can enroll for college credit. The need for remedial ...

If Achieving the Dream has taught community colleges anything, it is that they must find better ways to move more students through remedial courses. Such courses are often tedious, and many students ...

Teaching is one of the noble and popular professions which help to produce leaders and shape our society in incredible ways.

Stephanie Weiner teaches a City Colleges English-language class to about 15 Hispanic students in the Wicker Park neighborhood. Her first classroom was the basement of the New Tiberia Baptist Church.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...