Preparing for a test means knowing what to expect on test day. With a standardized test like the SAT, this process should be simple. However, the SAT recently underwent major changes that every student preparing to take it should know about. The new, shorter SAT is almost unrecognizable.
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If you’re struggling to choose your major in college, you’re in excellent company. With two thousand potential majors offered for study in the U.S., it is no wonder that 1 in 3 college students will change their major in the first 3 years of their program. Yet high school students are often expected to know, before even enrolling in college, exactly what they want to study and why. We’re here to offer some reassurance and tips to help you narrow down your options so you can approach your college years with excitement and confidence.
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When studying the nature of questions, it is impossible to overlook the significance of Socrates, the Father of Questions in the Western tradition. His method of Socratic Dialogue not only stands at the very origins of philosophy in the West, but it also weaves through the whole “Great Conversation” about transcendent ideas, from Ancient Greece to Modernity, as the heartbeat that drives the tradition forward. Consequently, if we are to discover a classical mode of assessment, then there is no better place to start our investigation.
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Under the leadership of Chair Stacy Hock, Vice Chair Welcome Wilson, and Commissioner Wynn Rosser, a July 22 vote by THECB has determined that Texas public colleges and universities may now accept CLT scores for admission.
Over the next several weeks, CLT will be diving deeper into the history of assessment, from ancient to modern times, here on our blog. In doing so, we hope to contribute to the classical education movement’s contemplation of the role of testing in liberal arts learning.
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I thought our family’s habit of reading aloud was simple fun. Years later, I recognize it for what it is: a genius homeschooling move. The benefits of reading aloud to your children cannot be overstated.
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CLT is proud to feature JSerra Catholic High School in San Juan Capistrano, California as our latest Partner School Spotlight. We had the opportunity to sit down with School President Rich Meyer and VP of Mission & Faith Patrick Reidy, to ask them some questions about what makes their school so successful.
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For France, July 14th is equivalent to America’s July 4th in that historians often mark the Storming of the Bastille as the official beginning of the French Revolution. Yet the tone of the two national holidays could not be more different. How can it be that just a handful of years after the celebrated outcome of the American Revolution, France was torn to shreds while reportedly pursuing the same goal?
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If you’re struggling to choose your major in college, you’re in excellent company. With two thousand potential majors offered for study in the U.S., it is no wonder that 1 in 3 college students will change their major in the first 3 years of their program. Yet high school students are often expected to know, before even enrolling in college, exactly what they want to study and why. We’re here to offer some reassurance and tips to help you narrow down your options so you can approach your college years with excitement and confidence.
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If you’re struggling to choose your major in college, you’re in excellent company. With two thousand potential majors offered for study in the U.S., it is no wonder that 1 in 3 college students will change their major in the first 3 years of their program. Yet high school students are often expected to know, before even enrolling in college, exactly what they want to study and why. We’re here to offer some reassurance and tips to help you narrow down your options so you can approach your college years with excitement and confidence.
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