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It was one thing to ask Texas teachers — during an ongoing teacher’s shortage — to make extra room in their busy home routines for online classroom teaching for months,
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K-3 teachers in Texas have until 2023 to complete a 60-hour Reading Academies course to keep the job. It’s taking some 120 hours on their own time to finish.
The Texas Legislature has insisted those who teach grades K-3 need to complete a 60-to-120 hour course on reading if they want to keep their jobs.