Remedial renaissance.

• Position: Remedial instruction finance - Brief article

Community colleges spend $1.4 billion annually in providing remedial education to students who have recently completed high school, according to a report from the Alliance for Excellent Education, a think tank that focuses on secondary education. About 42 percent of community college freshmen and 20 percent of freshmen at four-year institutions enroll in at least one remedial course, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. At least 11 states have passed laws preventing or discouraging public four-year...