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Then we'll keep our daughter in public school, but I'm doubtful he'll think it's fine. When I mentioned to him that MCPS doesn't include grammar in the curriculum, he was dumbstruck. He keeps thinking that maybe MCPS will change things in the next few years ... haha. [/quote]

Given that your child hasn't even started school yet, you seem quite certain about what it's going to be like. Maybe consider keeping an open mind?

The kids are learning where to put periods and commas somehow. If it's not in the curriculum, how are they learning it?[/quote]

learning where to put periods and commas is the bare minimum to ensure basic literacy. kids should be learning the full array of grammar rules. [/quote]

Which grammar rules? I mean this sincerely. Which grammar rules do you think kids should learn, when should they learn them, and how should the teachers teach them?[/quote]

They should learning the parts of speech (and not just nouns, adjectives, and verbs). They should be diagramming sentences, which is not only great for developing logic skills, but also for learning grammar. Too many people have no idea what a prepositional phrase is. They can barely identify an adverb.

More broadly, kids should be learning how to expand their vocabularies, in part by learning etymology. When I was in public middle school, I took Latin, which helped me expand my English vocabulary by teaching me the roots of many of our words. It also helped me learn English grammar in a much more disciplined, systemic manner.

If our children are to succeed in their adult lives, they need to develop an appreciation for precise and correct written and spoken language. [/quote]

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