The chief reason why so many young Americans cannot read and write English well is shockingly simple: according to a forthcoming report by the National Council of Teachers of English, 47% of high school English teachers "do not feel well-prepared in the English language," 48% feel shaky in literature, 63% in composition and 90% in the teaching of reading. Almost half of all high school English classes in the U.S. are taught by teachers who did not major in the subject in college.
Although English scholarship is rapidly advancing, few teachers take the trouble to keep up, or even to...
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