Well to start, I'd like to see a return in formal grammar, in grades K-11. There are a few studies done in states like Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania that show schools who have decided to return formal grammar into the classroom with much improved results.
Secondly, I walk around my campus and see much more available resources for student to receive additional help in their studies, like math labs, writing labs, and chemistry labs. What if lab were created in high school, and students were allowed to visit them DURING the school day. I know that college isn't the same as high school, but isn't that what we're preparing them form. I don't see why should blend the later high school years with early college years.
I totally agree with your statements. So many students cannot write a complete and coherent statement. Students need to write more on their own not via the computer using spell check. It is by the act of actual writing that you begin to learn the dynamics of that language. English grammar should be taught so that a students learns the rules of the language. The Language Arts program needs to be looked at seriously and some changes made if we are to help our students become good readers and writers in our society.
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