Call it graduation inflation. The latest California School Dashboard, compiled by the state Board of Education, showed the graduation rate for all students rose to 87.8 percent in 2025, up 1 ...
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Editorial | Lower expectations, lower skills for UC students

Uh oh. Many freshmen at a top University of California campus can’t manage to do middle-school math. An analysis by a joint faculty-administration committee on student preparation at UC San Diego – ...
A sharp rise in students entering the University of California system without middle school-level math skills is raising alarms among educators. A new internal report from the University of California ...
All these students fulfilled the University of California’s math requirement and most completed additional courses — one in ...
When 1 in 12 freshmen can’t do middle school math, that suggests America is in trouble.
At one of California’s top universities, many freshmen are unable to do middle-school math.
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Amid a decrease in international student undergraduate enrollment nationwide under President Donald Trump’s administration, international undergraduate students’ intent to register has increased at UC ...
In the end, ditching standardized tests will be remembered as a chapter in the broader story of the decline of U.S. universities.
America’s kids are paying a steep price for lower standards and less testing in schools — and there’s no obvious sign of a turnaround.