CBS News is reporting:
The number of kids behind the 8-ball is the highest in years, CBS 2′s Marcia Kramer reported Thursday.
Officials told CBS 2′s Kramer that nearly 80 percent of those who
graduate from city high schools arrived at City University’s community
college system without having mastered the skills to do college-level
work.
In sheer numbers it means that nearly 11,000 kids who got diplomas from city high schools needed remedial courses to re-learn the basics.
To meet the needs of the students, City University has launched a
special program called CUNY Start. It provides low-cost immersion
classes. Sherry Mason teaches a writing class.
“They get lost sometimes in the classrom and in CUNY Start we give
them a lot more one-on-one attention, small grouip [sic] work. It helps them
achieve more in a short amount of time and so they’re able to get on
with their credit classes,” Mason said.
I am not sure what a "New York grouip" is.
