Bears' Guide to Earning High School Diplomas Nontraditionally: A Guide to More Than 500 Diploma Programs and Schools [Paperback]

Thomas Nixon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 24, 2003

Profiling a variety of programs, including online and correspondence high schools, G.E.D. tests, home-schooling, high school proficiency exams, and charter schools. BEARS'¬? GUIDE TO EARNING HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS NONTRADITIONALLY is for people who aren'¬?t willing (or able) to subject themselves to a conventional, four-year high school.

Editorial Reviews

Review

[It] blows the lid off of the usual, mundane method of getting a high school diploma. I will be recommending this book to parents and teens frequently.-Diane Flynn Keith, editor of Homefires: The Journal of Homeschooling and author of Carschooling: Over 350 Entertaining Games & Activities to Turn Travel Time into Learning Time."Thomas Nixon'¬? s new book would make a great gift for anyone who wants to finish high school. The book helps teens and adults select the best high school completion option for them from the many programs available."-Kimeiko Hotta Dover, editor of About.com'¬?s Adult Education website

About the Author

THOMAS NIXON is a public school teacher who has taught university courses in both traditional and distance-learning formats. He is co-author of Bears’ Guide to the Best Education Degrees by Distance Learning as well as guest author for the high school diplomas chapter in Bears’ Guide to Earning Degrees by Distance Learning. Tom writes regularly on distance-learning and nontraditional education for print and online publications.

Product Details

• Paperback: 202 pages
• Publisher: Ten Speed Press (June 24, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580084427
• ISBN-13: 978-1580084420
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 0.5 x 10 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,131,028 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I am the author of Complete Guide to Online High Schools: Distance learning options for teens & adults and the author of the forthcoming Free Online High Schools (September 2008). I am also the propietor of BestOnlineHighSchools.com.

In addition, I am the co-author of both Bear's Guide to Earning Degrees by Distance Learning and Bears' Guide to the Best Education Degrees by Distance Learning as well as the author of Bears' Guide to Earning High School Diplomas Nontraditionally.

I also write for print and online publications.

Customer Reviews

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How to get your diploma without going to high school, August 16, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Bears' Guide to Earning High School Diplomas Nontraditionally: A Guide to More Than 500 Diploma Programs and Schools (Paperback)

You'd think that by now somebody would have done a catalog of the various nontraditional approaches you can use to earn a high school diploma--homeschooling, the GED exam, charter schools, online high schools, and on and on--but such is not the case. This is the first, last, and only book on the subject ever written, and it covers everything you'll need to know. If you need a high school diploma but can't go back to high school, or would like to attend a special kind of high school that better fits your personal interests and needs, then this is your book.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars *The* book on earning a high school diploma!, September 3, 2003

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Sam Janssen (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bears' Guide to Earning High School Diplomas Nontraditionally: A Guide to More Than 500 Diploma Programs and Schools (Paperback)

I'm sure that there must be other books out there that detail all of the ways to earn a high school diploma, but I haven't found them yet.

I am a high school guidance counselor. It's vital that not only do I get our students from Point A to Point B, but that I understand the many different routes between the two points.

Bears' Guide to Earning High School Diplomas Nontraditionally covers many areas including GED, high school proficiency exams, online and independent study schools, homeschooling, and many other possibilities.

It's worth the price, and then some!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Terrific Resource for Teens & Their Parents!, September 7, 2003

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"homefireseditor" (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bears' Guide to Earning High School Diplomas Nontraditionally: A Guide to More Than 500 Diploma Programs and Schools (Paperback)

Bears' Guide to Earning High School Diplomas Nontraditionally (2003) by Thomas Nixon blows the lid off of the usual, mundane method of getting a high school diploma. This book is a remedy for all of the square pegs that don't fit into the round holes of traditional public and private high school programs. What a great resource! I will be recommending this book to parents and teens frequently.