From my experience, American high-school students can be roughly split into three categories. The bottom group is learning to master grammar rules, punctuation, basic comprehension, and legibility.

"I do teach good, old-fashioned grammar," said Tutt, who teaches English, writing and honors classes to sophomores, juniors and seniors. "We've diagrammed sentences, we've learned the parts of speech.

He said that 72% of English learners at Mountain Empire High School increased at least one level on the test from 2021-22 to 2022-23. Statewide, 47.5% of English learners increased one level in 2022.

We are handsome farmers. For 23 years, Semper has taught Latin in BCS. With instructors at Roberson, Enka and Reynolds high schools, Buncombe supports a relatively robust program.

Typically, the Wren & Martin High School English Grammar And Composition Book has a red-cover and around 400 pages. A Twitter user shared a picture of an old edition of Wren & Martin's Grammar ...