Having family members in public education and their explanation of what goes on in the typical English class, I’d say the problem is unfixable.
It’s complex involving failure of parents & school administrators, dumbed down curriculum content, teachers limited authority to correct grammatical, pronunciation and spelling errors without being accused of ‘racism’, cell phone use and texting instead of conversation and social media that has created cultural and generational isolation in young people and more, much more.
And, I believe it is deliberate.
Yep!