1.   The remedial programs we knew about did a disservice to their students by thinking of them as remedial.

2.   As a result, one out of eight dollars spent for instruction in the system goes to pay for remedial programs or to teach basic English to foreigners.

3.   Beyond the debate over whether remedial programs have led to lower standards and waste teaching time, there are the voices of students like Ms. Van and others.

4.   Board of Trustees to vote on sweeping plans to revise remedial programs at City University of New York.

5.   A modified remedial reading program was born.

6.   After three years of failure, schools would be required to use part of their federal money to offer children private tutoring or an after-school remedial program.

7.   Colleges across the nation have been forced to fund an explosion of remedial programs for entering freshmen who failed to learn enough to take first-year college courses.

8.   CUNY should indeed replicate its best programs and search for creative remedial programs elsewhere.

9.   Even so, the trustees should beware of foreclosing access for bright but poorly prepared students for whom some remedial programs will always be necessary.

10.   Giuliani has not spelled out who would run the remedial programs under his plan, how much the programs would cost or whether any financial aid would be available.