When she got to college in Texas she was glad she had that background because there were girls in her dorm who had no idea about the different requirements such as MLA or APA.
So some schools are getting the job done.
I went to a community college, then a private liberal-arts oriented school, then grad school for computer science. In my community college writing courses, I was often the only student who turned in papers that met the requirements (for instance, being “research papers” rather than essays). At my four-year school, I had professors comment to me outside class that I was far and away the best writer in their courses and they were surprised I was a comp sci major (I always gave my mother credit for teaching me to write)
Now, in graduate school, those of us for whom English was a first language all seemed proficient at producing papers (usually, one research paper/project report per course). I’m not sure if that reflected the higher intellect required for grad school or what but my fellow CS students and I were certainly head and shoulders above my old undergraduate classmates for writing.
My mother, who has a high school education, taught me how to write a mean paper. She did it so well, I don’t have to think about it. Since I was homeschooled she knew it was part of her job but any parent could, with a few hours a week, teach writing skills to her child. If, that is, they know their kid needs help...