Olympic Museums Around the World

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Virtually Visit Olympic Museums Around the World

With the opening ceremony for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games just weeks away, why not use the convenience of the internet to visit Olympic museums in different countries virtually?

If you’ve visited our K-12 Learning Resources, you may have “visited” the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, which offers a 360º virtual tour. 

There are several other Olympic museums throughout the world. Not all have full-scale virtual tours, but most offer an inside look at the museum, videos or contain back stories about featured athletes, and events.

Some also focus on non-Olympic sports and experiences.

There are over thirty facilities counted as Olympic museums.

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The Next FAFSA Cycle

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What lies ahead for the next FAFSA cycle?

The answer depends on who you ask.

Department of Education (ED) Secretary,  Miguel Cardona has pledged that the next FAFSA cycle (2025-26) will be available on time, i.e., the historic October 1 release date.

State agencies, financial aid professionals, and others adversely impacted by this year’s seemingly endless FAFSA hiccups are not confident.

Who can blame anyone for being doubtful after eight months of continual delays, system crashes, and incorrectly calculated data to name just a few of the many problems?

What Went Wrong with This Year’s FAFSA?

What didn’t go wrong would take less time to answer.

This year’s FAFSA not only missed the bullseye, it missed the dartboard.

Read our previous posts that chronicled the lead-up and launch of the new FAFSA.

One goal of the FAFSA Simplification Act was to make applying for college financial aid less complicated and time-consuming.

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Another Unforced Error by the Department of Education

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Department of Education Unforced Error #???

Just when you thought the Department of Education (ED) had made as many missteps as possible, they committed another unforced error.

This time it’s not an error that will impact the speed with which FAFSA applications are processed.

It’s still a head-scratching move.

Recently, the homepage of the Federal Student Aid (FSA) website was updated.

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