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January 25, 2021 | Alvin Carlos, CFA, CFP®

Blog: How to Rollover an IRA to 401k

If you have recently started a Backdoor ROTH IRA, you may be at the point where you need to Rollover your IRA to a 401K. In this video, I’m going to show you how to move your Rollover or SEP IRA to your 401k.  

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January 25, 2021 | Laura Rowles

Blog: Get FabuLASH in the RIO

You will leave feeling beautiful and more confident after an experience at Amazing Lash Studio. Ladies can now get eyelash extensions, lash lifts, and volume lashes at the brand-new Amazing Lash Studio. The Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce (GGCC) conducted a COVID-19 ribbon cutting ceremony and joined Amazing Lash Studio to celebrate their grand opening on […]

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January 22, 2021 | Wendy Taylor

Blog: Transparency and Parent Communication

Schools being closed is certainly not ideal. However, if 2020 has taught us anything, it’s to look at the positive. It’s time to look for the silver linings in the Covid cloud we’ve been enduring for nearly a year now. One of those silver linings might actually involve the virtual learning model into which educators, […]

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January 18, 2021 | Khadijah Ali-Coleman, Ed.D.

Blog: Season One of ArtsEnPower, Mondays at 4:30 p.m. on Channel 21

Valerie Baugh-Schlossberg is the program director of Story Tapestries, an arts-based nonprofit located in Rockville. Baugh-Scholssberg brings her theater training and youth-development background to Story Tapestries, an innovative nonprofit that helps individuals and organizations optimize their work with young people. In this episode of ArtsEnPower, Baugh-Schlossberg is interviewed by Karina G, a former participant in […]

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January 15, 2021 | Juanita Farmer, CPA

Blog: Identity Protection PIN Available to All Taxpayers

Starting in January 2021, the IRS Identity Protection PIN Opt-In Program will be expanded to all taxpayers who can properly verify their identity. Previously, IP PINs were only available to identity theft victims. What is an Identity Protection PIN? An identity protection personal identification number (IP PIN) is a six-digit number assigned to eligible taxpayers […]

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January 13, 2021 | Khadijah Ali-Coleman, Ed.D.

Teaching Artist Ayesis Clay Shares Her Journey as a Theater Professional

In this inaugural episode of ArtsEnPower, youth host Karina G interviews education and theater professional Ayesis Clay. Ayesis Clay is a multi-disciplinary artist and playwright based in Prince George’s County, MD but serving the entire state of Maryland as a teaching artist. She talks to Karina about her journey as an artist and teacher and […]

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January 12, 2021 | Juanita Farmer, CPA

Blog: Important Tax Changes for Individuals and Businesses

Every year, it’s a sure bet that there will be changes to current tax law and this year is no different. From standard deductions to health savings accounts and tax rate schedules, here’s a checklist of tax changes to help you plan the year ahead. Individuals In 2021, a number of tax provisions are affected […]

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January 12, 2021 | Bola and Mack Audena

Blog: One Word that Will Change Your Life

Have you joined the One Word Challenge? Do you have your anchor word for 2021? Do you even know what I mean by ONE WORD? If not, that’s fine. I didn’t either until last year. When I started my business, I joined a mastermind group as a way of forcing accountability and structure into the […]

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January 12, 2021 | Wendy Taylor

Blog: Formative Assessments for Virtual Learning

For educators, formative assessments are crucial data points that we utilize on a daily basis, or at least, we used to utilize them in the classroom before the Covid-19 pandemic. Now that most of us are doing our instructing and learning in the virtual world in front of screens, formative assessments have become somewhat more difficult, but […]

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January 6, 2021 | Wendy Taylor

Blog: Helping Students Combat Zoom Fatigue

Zoom fatigue is an unfortunate yet all too familiar side effect of our current educational circumstances. Depending on grade level, students are logged into a video conferencing platform for classes up to six hours a day. Yet those six hours of class are just the beginning. That time doesn’t account for the additional screen time necessary […]

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