Connie,
     Your recommendation here sounds interesting.  Could you say more about
it?  Do (or would) school systems come up with signficantly different needs
and plans?  How does (or could) the approach affect the choice of textbooks?

Brock Haussamen
Raritan Valley Community College
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But I think the most important thing is for
school
systems to assess the "grammar" needs of their own students, based upon
writing
samples, and plan teaching experiences based on that assessment.