In the schoolhouse now and have heard a few things floating around:

Most or all MDS's going thur syllabi changes. Starts 9 Jan. The training letter was revised to build some slop (time) in order to evaluate the new program(s). Schoolhouse leaning more towards Pro's these days and will continue so.
(MD-11) - 1 week of gnd school is gone as well as some of the later lofts (those tasks however are embedded in the other AST's). Plan to show up for school with LMS/CBT's completed and a solid understanding of systems. Only a few days (maybe 3) of review and then your ESV. LMS/CBT's will be required before specific events but can't be started until opted from the previous event. Since the LMS is tracked and logged, if you don't complete it before the sim, you'll have to do it after the sim, within a certain time period (I heard 3 hrs).

My impression is as they shrink the program's overall length, they are putting more of the instruction on-line (pilot self-help) and setting daily deadlines to complete said instruction (whether systems or FTD/AST). The pro's are there to provide review and answer questions rather than provide complete instruction (you should already know it). Anything not covered by training, "you'll get that during IOE." I can say the study material they have provided has been 1st class and there have been no surprises, it's all on-line.

Not sure if it's good or bad, but it is a shift in training methodology (at least from FDX past)....YMMV