ETC Learning Centers

We have two new online testing centers:

Lone Star College-North Harris Assessment Center
2700 W. W. Thorne Dr., Student Services Building, Room 1
Houston, TX 77073

ETC Learning Centers
1720 Edmonds Lane, Suite 9
Lewisville, TX 75067

As always, you can schedule yourself to take an exam through your online FIDO account. If you need assistance getting scheduled, please send an email to 📧[email protected] 📧

There are plenty of treasures left for the Friends of the Carrollton Public Library Book Sale at Hebron & Josey. 📚📖

Thursday, September 29, the sale runs from noon to 8 pm. Saturday, October 1, the sale runs from 10 am to 5 pm. Prices range from $0.50-$2 per item for most items. On Saturday, from 3-5 pm, fill a box for $10 and fill an additional box for $5. Cash, checks, and credit cards are accepted.

If you picked up a book sale voucher as a prize for the Summer Reading Program, be sure to bring it in during the sale to get your free book.

All proceeds from the Book Sale directly supports Library programming.

A little math humor. 😉

“17. Her eyes twinkled, like the mustache of a man with a cold.” —- and more!

20 bad analogies written by high school students These are terrible; really terrible. "It was a dark and stormy night" terrible.

Amazing!

The first image from the Webb Space Telescope represents a historic moment for science and technology. For astronomy and space exploration.

And for America and all humanity.

Free Teachers Workshop: Life-changing Experience ✏️ Workshops for Asian American ethnic studies and/or Modern China social studies teachers

Hmmmm … we don’t think so.

Oh boy

Fair warning.

To learn more https://www.bklynlibrary.org/media/press/brooklyn-public-library-94

The U.S. Department of Education says it will retroactively help millions of federal student loan borrowers who have been hurt and held back by its troubled income-driven repayment (IDR) plans, calling the plans' longstanding flaws and mismanagement "inexcusable."

Student loan borrowers will get help after an NPR report and years of complaints The U.S. Department of Education unveils a plan to help millions of borrowers who have been hurt and held back by its troubled income-driven repayment plans.

Love it! ❤️

If you have the expertise and resources within your company, you can offer training and development that allow under-indexed talent to enter the workforce with key skills. If you give them that foundation, you also engender loyalty -- they will more likely stick around to help build your company.

https://www.inc.com/jeff-steen/googles-sundar-pichai-just-announced-a-100-million-educational-fund-it-might-mean-beginning-of-end-for-college.html

Google’s Sundar Pichai Just Announced a $100 Million Educational Fund. It Might Mean the Beginning of the End for College. While college tuition rises, businesses like Google are offering their own credentials -- for a lot less. It might be the educational model we've needed for decades.

Our test center is closed today and tomorrow, February 3-4. Please keep warm and stay safe!

How will the upcoming compare to the February 2021 Week of Hell?

Big shoutout to the US National Weather Service Fort Worth Texas for putting such a helpful infographic together! ~ David

International Day of Education 2022: The International Day of Education is celebrated every year on January 24, 2022. Since 2018, Jan 24 is celebrated as International education day. This year marks the fourth year of celebration and the theme is 'Changing Course, Transforming Education'

COVID-19 variants, which are labeled with Greek letters when becoming a variant of concern, normalized their usage … the study of linguistics shows us why using Greek letters in English isn’t completely farfetched. This visualization from Matt Baker at UsefulCharts.com demonstrates how the modern Latin script used in English evolved from Greek, and other, alphabets.

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/from-greek-to-latin-visualizing-the-evolution-of-the-alphabet/

Our best wishes for the year ahead!