High Number of Florida Grads Need Remediation – Costs State Taxpayers Millions
This story is back for another year. The Palm Beach Post’s Allison Ross reports:
Florida pays a real price for having to educate students on the same topic twice. A May 2011 report from the Alliance for Excellent Education, a Washington, D.C.-based research and advocacy group, said the state spent $123 million in direct remediation costs during the 2007-2008 school year. What’s more, Florida misses out on an additional $101 million in the wages that those students will probably lose over a lifetime, the report estimated.
Students who have to take remedial courses in college are more likely to drop out before