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Major Texas overhaul aims to improve the odds for students who begin college unprepared

In Texas, college students sent to remedial education usually don't make it far. A new state law that revamps how that education is provided hopes to change that.

By MATTHEW WATKINS, The Texas Tribune
Posted 9/29/17

As Texas tries to educate a growing number of college students who come from struggling schools or speak English as a second language, a grim stat highlights the challenge it faces: 60 percent of all …

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