Remedial price tag.

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One-third of college students have to enroll in remedial classes, according to the Strong American Schools campaign. This not only costs the students in tuition, but also public colleges and taxpayers about $2.3 billion annually to re-teach students what they should have learned in high school. And nearly four out of five college students requiring remedial classes had a high school grade-point average of 3.0 or better. "They think they're prepared. They got a 3.0 and got through the...