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Literacy changes taking hold in schools recognize the subject's expansion from traditional textbooks to online readings, images and audio. New learning standards ask students to read more closely and write more analytically, meaning teachers must adapt curriculum to get students reading earlier.
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Advocates say the movement offers an opportunity for schools to shift away from arbitrary credit-hour requirements toward a system based on evidence of progress in specific instructional skills.
A study will soon be released highlighting that the U.S. spends about $18 billion on professional development for educators annual, and much of that money is spent ineffectively. So says Barnett Barry, founder and CEO of Center for Teaching Quality in a blog post on TeachingQuality.org.