Monetize My Educational YouTube Shorts

I run a channel made up entirely of short, educational clips and I want to turn those views into real revenue. I’m already producing the content, but the channel still isn’t meeting YouTube’s Shorts-specific eligibility or earning as much as it could through ads... (Budget: $30 - $250 USD, Jobs: Content Creation, Content Strategy, Digital Marketing, Facebook Marketing, Internet Marketing, SEO, Social Media Marketing, Twitter, Video Editing, YouTube)