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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a middle school and high schooler, public school.  Yes, instruction in writing is practically non existent until AP English. [/quote]

I don’t understand posts like this. I believe you, but my question is how it’s possible? And how do students suddenly catch up or keep up in 10th or 11th, while also prepping for SATs and writing college apps? Because I’m assuming at least SOME kids are receiving some kind of writing instruction earlier than that (through tutors, better school curriculum, etc), wouldn’t they have a huge leg up? [/quote]

I don't get it either. If students aren't writing, and they're not reading books, what do they actually do all day?[/quote]

I know what they do (screens, group "work," SEL, "skills based work and assessments"), but I want to know how does this lead to top high school and college students? My area touts the public high schools as among the top 1000 public high schools in the country, but how can this be true if the kids are on Chromebooks for much of the day and not actually reading full books or writing essays until 10th grade? [/quote]

The top students ARE reading and writing. We are in DCPS public and my highly academic MS student reads and writes extensively. We limit screens and fight the school on screen-based work (which is easy to do in elementary -- just say no to any homework on screens, they can't do anything about it and won't if your kid is above grade level in everything). A lot of the reading is on her own but we help guide what she reads and also encourage heavier engagement with the books we especially want to expose her to (like she read Little Women on her own, and then we watched the movie, and then she voluntarily did some writing when I suggested she create a newspaper like the one the girls created in the book).

We have her do a creative writing camp every summer. She's also done journalism and creative writing clubs during the school year.

In other words, we emphasize it and encourage it and we remove the biggest obstacle to it (screens, including a personal phone or tablet device, and all social media).

I am a writer. This matters to me. [/quote]

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