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Complete Guide to Online High Schools: Distance Learning Options for Teens & Adults [Perfect Paperback]

Thomas Nixon (Author)
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Publication Date: March 30, 2007 | ISBN-10: 0976471639 | ISBN-13: 978-0976471639
Complete Guide to Online High Schools: Distance learning options for teens & adults brings together the latest information on online high schools as well as school listings. This latest book by Thomas Nixon is the first book that focuses solely on online programs for high school students. Nixon is a national expert on nontraditional learning and the author of four college and high school guides.

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When it comes to high school diplomas, I always defer to Tom Nixon, a true expert in this field, who writes clearly, concisely, and oh-so helpfully. This book is like having a thorough consultation with the leading expert in the world of high school credentials. I recommend it highly.

As it happens, one of my three daughters attended high school for two years, one for two months, and one didn't go at all. While all three eventually completed Bachelor's degrees (Phi Beta Kappa), had this book existed, it would have saved them a great deal of time, money, and anguish on their rather tortuous paths. --Dr. John Bear, Bears' Guide to Earning Degrees by Distance Learning

In this wonderfully concise but incredibly informative book about online high schools, Tom Nixon has succeeded in presenting the most important questions to be asked before enrolling in a high school program delivered online.

Tom Nixon's book will help you choose wisely. It is a "must read" for all who are about to take the important step of becoming an online high school student. --Michael Lambert, Executive Director, Distance Education and Training Council

About the Author

Thomas Nixon is the author of Bears' Guide to Earning High School Diplomas Nontraditionally as well as other books and articles on going to and paying for college & high school. He is the manager of BestOnlineHighSchools.com and CollegeAdvocates.com. He lives and writes in Fresno, California.

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  • Perfect Paperback: 156 pages
  • Publisher: Degree Press (March 30, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0976471639
  • ISBN-13: 978-0976471639
  • Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #503,240 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Thomas Nixon
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.

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You see, all three of my daughters are high school dropouts. One was not very happy in a small-town high school that had no labs, no foreign languages, no challenges. She was 'rescued' when a good university recruited her in 11th grade, and off she went. One got through a month of 9th grade in a huge and scary urban high school, and just walked out. And the third never even went to high school; she discovered the GED equivalency exam, passed it at 15, and went on to college. All three ended up with Bachelor's degrees (Phi Beta Kappa), but it was a rocky and twisty road. If only there had been a book about alternative approaches to gaining a high school education and diploma.

Thankfully (for the rest of you), now there is. Tom Nixon's guide book is just the thing my daughters could have used. And now, in the age of the Internet, it is what so many other people need, to help them sort out the bad and fake schools (and there are plenty of them) from the good and excellent ones. Nixon explains how to choose a good school, and then devotes one page to each of 100+ good schools. Even though they're all good, there are significant differences in their curriculum, their cost, their academic model, their religious affiliatin (if any), and so on. This is like hiring a seasoned and excellent counselor for under twenty bucks. Highly recommended.

(Disclaimer: I have written books about earning degrees by distance learning, but I didn't address the high school world in any detail. I invited Tom Nixon to write the short 'high schools' chapter for recent editions of Bears' Guide. One should always go to the best experts, and for online high schools, that's Tom.)
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In the area of nontraditional high schooling and related issues, Thomas Nixon has no peer.

When I was a kid growing up in Jackson, Mississippi, I had a pretty serious immune deficiency. Leave the house and I'd get sick. The doctors called it chronic fatigue syndrome, but there was no real idea of the cause or epidemiology. All I knew was that I was an 8-year-old with sore, swollen lymph nodes, bad arthritis, and a suspiciously low white blood cell count.

I was lucky; I had a mother who could afford to take time off and teach me at home. Went on to graduate from college; now I'm working on my doctorate. What would have happened if I didn't have that luxury? I have no idea.

But there are plenty of kids who don't. Sick kids, who can't make it to class every day; gifted kids, who are bored with the curriculum; kids with special needs, whose local schools might not provide for those needs in a useful way; troubled kids, who can't handle the social pressures; kids whose family relocate often, and find their educational experiences constantly interrupted. The list goes on and on--and that doesn't even include adults.

For people who fall between the cracks, or just find it cozier there, online high schools can be a blessing. This book will tell you everything you need to know to get online and start earning your diploma.
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Great! November 5, 2011
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This book is extremely helpful. In the beginning, it tells you how to pick a school and what to look for. The remainder of the book is a listing of all the schools in the country and how the author ranks them.
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