Writting Education- does it make a difference?

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/10/the-writing-revolution/309090/

This is an amazing series of articles exploring the usefulness of how and whys of writing education at a High School level.

Helps answer the question of if teaching writing does any good at all?  What do you think?

Ewan's request

Dear bob and ray
I wood like $165.99 for a bike for Ewan Newbold so he has a bike to ride on the palle bunyen trall. (Paul Bunyan Trail) i wood learn to ride a bike safe and sond with a helmit ney (knee) pads elb pads and learn trafick laws .

snelye Ewan Newbold.