Corrected: An earlier version of this story misstated Steve Graham’s affiliation. He is a professor at Arizona State University. If you want a hint of the gap between students’ writing skills and ...

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Too many Americans today can’t speak a second language, or even speak and write English sufficiently, writes Lynne Agress.

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