Many college students struggle to pass remedial math. Do they need to?

Colleges created remedial education classes to ensure students were sufficiently prepared for more advanced material. But increasingly, there’s a sense that remedial courses are hurting the prospects of the students they are intended to help. As a result, some California colleges and high schools are rethinking their approach to teaching math -- with encouraging results. Hari Sreenivasan reports. Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: bit.ly/2HfsCD6 Follow us: Facebook: www.pbs.org/newshour Twitter: www.twitter.com/newshour Instagram: www.instagram.com/newshour Snapchat: @pbsnews Subscribe: PBS NewsHour podcasts: www.pbs.org/newshour/podcasts Newsletters: www.pbs.org/newshour/subscribe

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