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A new shorter digital SAT is coming!!

"The digital changes will roll out internationally in 2023 and in the U.S. in 2024. Other tests administered by the College Board will follow a similar timeline. The PSAT/NMSQT and PSAT 8/9 will be delivered digitally in 2023, with the PSAT 10 following in 2024."

Put Down Your Pencils: The SAT Is Going Digital The new, shorter test will be administered entirely via laptop or tablet.

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If you own a private tutoring business, have you wondered if you could get funding for being able to tutor low income students? Consider having your services declared as a 501c3 organization and apply for the numerous educational grants that are available to organizations with this status. (Excellence in Academic is in the process of investigating this!)

Once you have been approved as a nonprofit organization, you will be tax exempt as well as able to apply for government and foundation funding for your program. Write out a detailed grant proposal, giving information on how much money is needed to run your tutoring service as well as what your services will include and the targeted demographics.

More info in this article...

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How to Get Funding for Low Income Tutoring of Students Getting funding for low-income tutoring can be difficult if you're not a nonprofit organization. If you're a privately owned tutoring service, the best way to get funding is to approach other privately owned businesses and individuals and let them know what your program is about. Hopefully they will...

The hard truth... 😥

Any ideas what we can do about this?



https://www.npr.org/2020/12/28/950814131/schools-face-a-massive-challenge-to-make-up-for-learning-lost-during-the-pandemi?utm_term=nprnews&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&fbclid=IwAR1mVDIL8TOD_TjUxlUtGgjLt01Tz5GkeHOt-s6TCqa3NKPqMbWiGd4eBTM

Schools Face A Massive Challenge To Make Up For Learning Lost During The Pandemic Former Education Secretary John King Jr. thinks a national tutoring program would help students make up for lost learning during the pandemic. He talked with NPR about the challenges facing schools.

FYI, to all of our science and astronomy lovers:
Jupiter and Saturn’s great conjunction is today, December 21st!

Jupiter-Saturn conjunctions happen every 20 years; the last one was in the year 2000. But these conjunctions aren’t all created equal. The 2020 great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn will be the closest since 1623 and the closest observable since 1226!

The peak of the great conjunction is at 11:37am Pacific time on Monday 21 December, but the precise time does not really matter. Actually, from December 19th - 23rd, the planets will appear close together, at most half a full moon’s-width apart.
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https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/great-jupiter-saturn-conjunction-dec-21-2020?fbclid=IwAR1Fg3uNAn4jm9r1NvVkZpg7U3wehkCfTagjz6chyP79jhtCfqHetsCmMBI

Excellence in Academics just donated to Meals on Wheels of the Salinas Valley Inc. Meals on Wheels is in crucial need at this time of economic downturn. Please, if you can, donate to this vital service for Monterey County! Thank you in advance for your support! 🙏🏽❤️

Today we'll unite for a worldwide celebration of generosity. is a global movement that unleashes the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world.

People around the globe come together today in unity and showing kindness and generosity in all its forms by giving their voice, time, money, goods, and advocacy to support communities and causes.
Support Meals on Wheels of the Salinas Valley by becoming a volunteer to support our programs, by donating on our website https://www.mowsalinas.org/donate/ or by spreading the word on social media about Meals on Wheels to those seniors who need help.

Every single teacher and school administrator I know is thrilled about this:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/13/us/politics/biden-education-devos.html?fbclid=IwAR31JHr4dEbbosqM0e6Vv0rp3znBsKupD9TcTegRplL8f7XcpLeFLEuHqrY

Biden’s Education Department Will Move Fast to Reverse Betsy DeVos’s Policies President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. has presented an education agenda that is starkly different from the Trump era, beginning with a far more cautious approach to school reopenings.

Dr. Jill Biden knows the value of education - so much so, that she will return to being a professor while being first lady!

Why Jill Biden plans to return to her day job even if she becomes first lady For the first time since 1981, Jill Biden has taken a break from her teaching career to focus on her husband's campaign. But, she says, she plans to return to her day job as a college professor even if he gets elected and she becomes first lady.

How's the ol' distance learning / homeschooling coming along, friends?



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