By Ashley A. Smith, EdSource, November 15, 2019
A San Diego area community college that moved early to eliminate remedial math courses is drawing lots of attention across the state for success in teaching math.
Not only are students at Cuyamaca Community College taking math classes that can transfer to four-year colleges, but Latino students are bucking a national trend by outperforming their white counterparts.
Cuyamaca, along with College of the Siskiyous in Northern California, were two of the first institutions in the 115-campus community college system to completely reform math programs in 2016 — a year before state lawmakers and Gov. Jerry Brown unanimously passed a law mandating community colleges to broaden access to transfer-level math and English courses and eliminate most traditional non-credit remedial classes. That mandate went into effect this fall.
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