4 in 10 Ohio high school grads not ready for collegeSo when a college readiness test showed the 17 year old Reynoldsburg High School senior would have to take makeup courses to be ready for college math, Purtell enrolled in a computer based pilot course that's helping kids bridge the gap.The course covers the same material that Purtell would learn if she entered remedial math as a freshman at Columbus State Community College, but it's held at her high school before she graduates. Both classes even have the same teacher, Christine Rossetti.More than four in 10 Ohio high school graduates get to Nike Air Jordan 11 Galaxy Shoes White Blue college needing at least one remedial reading, science or math course. The makeup work is something they must complete, and pay for, before they begin earning credit toward their degree."When you go to college, you want to think all this cool stuff is Nike Shox NZ going to happen, and you're taking 12th grade math?" Ohio Gov. 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But Jack Cooley, Columbus State's chief academic officer, said the problem is one of coordination, not public schools falling short.Cooley said the state Board of Education, which sets high school graduation standards, and the Ohio Board of Regents, which sets college preparedness standards, were two entities working separately."The gap has probably existed for some time, but in the last three or four years there has emerged a real spirit of collaboration between high schools and colleges," Cooley said "And once that sense of collaboration took wing, then this emerged very quickly."Columbus State put Kelly Hogan, a professor of development education, in charge of developing the bridge course now offered Cheap Air Cushion Jordan High Heels White Pink Women at Reynoldsburg High School.Rossetti says it took her time to get used to the unconventional approach. 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