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Find a Testing Center

Find a Testing Center

| December 21, 2023

Note on Testing Centers: Some test centers are offering to testing to just their students. If you are currently a PSEO student, ask your college about your options. CLEP Find a location here: https://clep.collegeboard.org/clep-test-center-search College Board announces TEST AT-HOME option for CLEP in April 2021. Details: https://clep.collegeboard.org/about-remote-proctoring/take-clep-exam-remote-proctoring DSST Find a location here: https://www.getcollegecredit.com/find-a-test-center/

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Quick Start Guide to Homeschooling High School

Quick Start Guide to Homeschooling High School

| July 19, 2022

Don’t let the unknown deter you from homeschooling through high school. Whether you’re experienced or brand new to homeschooling, you can design and implement a schedule and educational plan that is enriching and rewarding for both you and your students. Print document and share. Planning is Key The high school years are different than the […]

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Which Curriculum is Best

Which Curriculum is Best

| May 2, 2022

One of the questions I hear often is, Which curriculum is best to prepare for a CLEP exam? The short answer is that there is no one right or best curriculum. Preparing for a CLEP or DSST is never about finding the one curriculum that serves the test. In middle and high school, textbook authors […]

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Fast-Track a Career in Physical Therapy

Fast-Track a Career in Physical Therapy

| February 2, 2022

Students who accelerate their bachelor’s degree can fast-track their way into careers that require additional schooling, such as Physical Therapy. Our youngest son earned a bachelor’s in Health Sciences as a first step toward becoming a Doctor of Physical Therapy. He accelerated his bachelor’s degree using CLEP and Dual Enrollment during high school and after […]

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Debt-free College Movement

Debt-free College Movement

| August 5, 2020

Tim Ferriss’ popular book, The 4-Hour Work Week, is a step-by-step blueprint to structure your life to bring more enjoyment to your week and not rely on weekends or retirement to create the life you dream of. It is inspirational as much as it is an employment guide, helping readers ask the question: What exactly […]

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Be Curious

Be Curious

| May 23, 2020

Being Curious. It actually is a valued transferable skill that employers look for in a new hire. It stands next to imagination, problem solving, critical thinking, open-mindedness, and flexibility. Transferable skills are abilities learned throughout life that are relevant (transferable) across all professions and workplaces. Sometimes referred to as soft skills. Antonym: Career-specific skills, also […]

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Online Learning

Online Learning

| March 14, 2020

Many students are transitioning to an online learning environment, even if it is just temporary. Concerns are natural. Parents may assume that their student’s performance will falter without face-to-face interaction and students may question their ability to learn on their own. Here are 12 ideas to make this change easier and increase your student’s productivity […]

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Facilitating a CLEP Study Group

Facilitating a CLEP Study Group

| January 1, 2020

Creating an effective CLEP course for your students (and their friends!) is very rewarding. Don’t think you have to be an expert in the subject at hand. You can create an educational experience for your student that will be engaging and rewarding, and that leads them to earning college credit. When I suggested to my […]

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The Power of Yet

The Power of Yet

| November 3, 2019

Yet is such a small word, but it holds so much power. A simple “Yet” added to the end of a sentence can release a student from uncertainly, indecision, and perfectionism. What are you going to major in? “I don’t know.” The answer feels defeating. The question itself somehow implies students should know what the […]

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Recapturing the Lost Decade

Recapturing the Lost Decade

| October 10, 2019

Young adults who begin life with college debt are faced with a decade of student loan repayments. One in which their personal freedoms are at risk because of financial choices they made in high school. For many, their 20’s becomes a lost decade. What should be a time of growth and pursuit becomes limited and […]

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Paying to Belong

Paying to Belong

| October 6, 2019

Having a sense of belonging is a desire we all share. Countless movie scripts and books have been written around this central theme. We often find our belonging in groups, whether it is at the office, a church, on sports teams, in clubs, as part of a community organization, in a relationship, with friends, in […]

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Failing a CLEP Exam

Failing a CLEP Exam

| September 6, 2019

My student failed his CLEP test … now what? Fails are never easy. Let’s just get that out of the way. And if you were the one facilitating the study, then you are feeling responsible. It may not be much of a consolation that your student probably learned a ton, may have enjoyed studying in […]

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