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Teaching Abroad: How a Strong Credit Score Helps With Relocation and Travel Planning

Preparing to teach abroad often means juggling a mountain of logistics—from securing visas to finding housing and booking flights. It’s a lot to handle, and your to-do list can quickly feel endless. But amid the chaos, one crucial factor quietly supports the entire process: your credit score.

Teaching Abroad: How a Strong Credit Score Helps With Relocation and Travel Planning

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Los Angeles’ Corey Helford Gallery: Looking Sideways By Eric Joyner

Downtown Los Angeles’ Corey Helford Gallery (CHG) is proud to announce the return of San Francisco-based, award-winning artist/illustrator Eric Joyner for his 12th solo exhibition at the gallery, titled Looking Sideways, set to premiere July 19th in the Main Gallery.

Music for Truly Listening

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Jun 16, 2025 / 0 comments

Shifting times. That’s certainly true. In all areas of life, it may seem challenging to find ways to take time to reflect, to take a step back, even to take a moment or two for quiet conversation.

It is said that really listening to a piece of music, concentrating on it for the several minutes, can help with that.

Music for Truly Listening

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Five Dinosaur Activities to Get Children Interested in Science

 

Imagine finding a dinosaur bone or a fossil of a plant or animal that existed millions of years ago. Most kids love dinosaurs, and their fascination with these exotic creatures can spark an interest in science.

Five Dinosaur Activities to Get Children Interested in Science

Here are five activities you can do with children to ignite their passion in dinosaurs:

Through the Eyes of an Educator: The Magic of Possibilities - It’s All Possible

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Jun 02, 2025 / 0 comments

"Somewhere… something incredible is waiting to be known" - Carl Sagan

Through the Eyes of an Educator: The Magic of Possibilities - It’s All Possible

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Read This: 100 Things to Do in Michigan Before You Die

100 Things to Do in Michigan Before You Die, written by travel writer extraordinaire Kath Usitalo (herself a Michigander), is the latest book in a series we absolutely love from Reedy Press.

They are must-reads for any travel, culture, and food lover.

Read This: 100 Things to Do in Michigan Before You Die

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Work/Life Synergy

Achieving work / life balance is commonly a goal most of us are told to strive towards. Like climbing a mountain, once on the top, a sense of accomplishment, possibly even fulfillment, awaits. Certainly, the concept of “balance” is welcoming and conjures up a picture of the harmony that exists when both sides of the scale are perfectly even and almost ethereal.

But, how long will that last? 

Work/Life Synergy

Music for Community, Connection, and Friendship

by Kerry Dexter /
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May 18, 2025 / 0 comments

As times continue to shift, community, connection, and friendship can be constants. Should be constants, in fact, though of course these are aspects of life which have their own ways of changing, too.

Music for Community, Connection, and Friendship

Through the Eyes of an Educator: To the Wayfinders Who Came Before Us

by Stacey Ebert /
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May 07, 2025 / 0 comments

As the calendar page flips and we move closer to graduation dates and summer’s arrival, students everywhere are abuzz with a palpable frenetic energy. Whether excited to fling themselves out the doors of an educational space, nervous for what lies ahead, or a bit numbed by it all, we’re often met with big feelings as we leap from one comfort zone into a grand unknown. 

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How to Fund Your Education: Exploring Different Ways to Pay for College

College. It’s a dream for many, but what about the cost? Not so dreamy. If you're staring down that tuition bill and wondering how you're going to fund your education, you’re not alone. But the good news is there’s no shortage of ways to make it happen. From scholarships to student loans, there are a ton of options out there, some more obvious than others. The trick is figuring out which one (or ones) works best for you. Let’s dive into all the different ways to pay for college so you can find the right path without the stress.

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