remedial education

"The homes provide accommodation, psycho-social, bereavement support, play therapy, remedial education and anything they need in order for them to access care," he told the BBC.

In the second letter, the board secretary recommended Dr. Grawe take remedial education courses about plastic surgery and “professionalism/ethics.”

And with dozens of districts still enrolling students in remedial education, new state legislation aims to close loopholes that allow such courses to continue.

Advocates who want to largely do away with remedial education in California and in a handful of other states — including New York, Florida, Tennessee and Georgia, all of which have made changes — say many students can handle college-level work if given the opportunity, especially when they get help from tutors or supplemental classes.

Despite a California law that requires community colleges to direct students like Medina away from remedial education, more than half of the state’s 116 campuses have not made the change, which took effect in 2019.