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Some insight came from India, where the NGO Pratham had pioneered and scaled a remedial education approach known as Teaching at the Right Level. — Meagan Neal, Vox, "It’s hard to design good policies. This simple idea can help governments do it.," 21 Dec. 2018 To avoid repeats, regulators toughened rules, made market reforms around benchmark rate setting and demanded remedial action by banks around their processes. — Margot Patrick, WSJ, "Major Banks Suspected of Collusion in Bond-Rigging Probe," 20 Dec. 2018 During the 2015-2016 school year, more than 96 percent of BCCC students had to take remedial coursework, according to the most recent data provided by the Maryland Higher Education Commission. — Lauren Lumpkin, baltimoresun.com, "Free tuition recipients begin college journey with BCCC orientation course," 25 June 2018 Instead, Soledad was instructed to register them in the town’s Mexican remedial school. — Mariana Viera, Teen Vogue, "How Méndez vs. Westminster Helped End Segregated Schools for Latinx Children in 1940s California," 12 Oct. 2018 As to any other remedial activity that can’t be anticipated, Zilly declined to determine what equitable apportionment might apply. — Steve Miletich, The Seattle Times, "Judge holds Seattle Times, leather-cleaning company responsible for cleanup costs at former Troy Laundry site," 24 Aug. 2018 According to Tetra Tech’s 200-page remedial action work plan, submitted to the Navy and other government agencies in 2013, Site 2 contained radium-226 and other radioactive materials. — Kimberly Veklerov, San Francisco Chronicle, "Development begins at Alameda base that used troubled nuclear cleanup contractor," 23 May 2018 Another problem is poor preparation that requires remedial education, usually in math or English. — Jon Marcus, star-telegram, "More high school grads than ever are going to college, but 1 in 5 will quit," 7 July 2018 The degree of surprise to which this information was greeted by reporters, politicians and pundits suggests to us that a little remedial education is in order. — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, "Ham sandwiches, yes; presidents, no," 17 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'remedial.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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