If Berkeley students cant read, K-12 schools need remediation

It’s time for some remedial education for California’s public school system.UC Berkeley students — ostensibly the best K-12 educators are producing — can’t read much.That news is striking.This isn’t a mid-tier college, after all — or a less-selective campus in the prestigious University of California system.This is one of the most elite public universities in the world.And some students there can’t read more than five (5) pages a day per course.You read that right.Multiple professors told the media they’ve had to scale back reading expectations — with one instructor assigning just 35 pages a week, down from 100.California's top news, sports and entertainment delivered to your inbox every day.

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Never miss a story “We are now reaching a crisis point where if the number (of pages) goes down further, it’s unclear to me whether my discipline of history can really be taught,” Carlos Noreña told student media.Good grief and indeed: How can students genuinely learn history if they barely read about it?Granted, California college students have long stepped on campus ill-prepared and in need of remedial coursework.That much is not new.What’s alarming is the acceleration of the trend — and its reach into the most elite centers of learning in California.Talk about off-brand for Berkeley. For decades, the university’s been renowned not just for its free-speech legacy and protest politics (before the latter was everywhere), but for its academic rigor.UCB turned away nearly 90% of its undergraduate applicants last fall.

And those admitted had straight A’s in high school, or very close to it.So why the struggle to read more than a pamphlet?California Post News: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, LinkedInCalifornia Post Sports Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, XCalifornia Pos...