Anonymous ID: 29ef9f April 28, 2020, 9:04 p.m. No.8956680   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6803 >>6871 >>6931

Study Finds 'Historic' Drop In Math, Reading Scores Since Adoption Of Common Core

 

Reading and math scores in the US have suffered 'historic' declines since most states implemented the Common Core curriculum standard six years ago, according to a new study from the Pioneer Institute.

 

While Common Core was promoted as improving the international competitiveness of U.S. students in math, our international standing has remained low while the skills of average and lower performing American students have dropped in both math and reading. -Pioneer Institute

 

The study notes that in the years leading up to common core, fourth and eight-grade reading and math scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) were rising gradually (2003-2013). After Common Core was implemented, scores for both grades have fallen - with eighth grade falling nearly as fast as it had been rising.

 

The declines were most severe among the lowest-achieving students, which the Pioneer Institute suggests increases inequality.

 

Scores for students at the 90th percentile have mostly continued their pre-Common Core trend of gradual improvement. But the farther behind students were, the more substantial the declines, with the biggest drops occurring for those at the 25th and 10th percentiles. -Pioneer Institute

 

So, Common Core requires more diligence and effort?

 

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/study-finds-historic-drop-math-reading-scores-adoption-common-core

Anonymous ID: 29ef9f April 28, 2020, 9:06 p.m. No.8956699   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6716 >>6803 >>6804 >>6819 >>6871 >>6931

Trump Orders Meat Processors Not to Close in Move to Buttress US Food Supply

 

On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump invoked the Defense Production Act, signing a presidential order decreeing that meat packing plants must stay open to buttress the nation’s food supply amid widespread disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

According to the executive order, recent closures of meat processing plants across the country have threatened "the continued functioning of the national meat and poultry supply chain, undermining critical infrastructure during the national emergency" amid the pandemic.

 

The US president stressed that "any unnecessary closures" of these facilities can disrupt the supply chain. As a result, Secretary of Agriculture Sunny Perdue has been granted the authority to "take all appropriate action under that section to ensure that meat and poultry processors continue operations."

 

Trump’s use of the Defense Production Act comes hours after he told reporters that supply chains nationwide were stuck at a “legal roadblock” that is impeding business, despite the fact that “there’s plenty of supply.”

 

Citing an anonymous senior White House official, the Associated Press reported that the Trump administration pushed for the executive order to prevent a potential 80% drop in meat availability for supermarkets nationwide.

 

Tyson Foods Chairman John Tyson also warned on Sunday that “millions of pounds of meat will disappear” from stores, and only a “limited supply” will be available due to the emergence of COVID-19 cases among the company’s workforce and subsequent facility closures, including of the Iowa-based Tyson Fresh Meats plant - the company’s largest producer of pork. Some 180 novel coronavirus cases had been linked to the facility at the time of the April 22 closure.

 

“Despite our continued efforts to keep our people safe while fulfilling our critical role of feeding American families, the combination of worker absenteeism, COVID-19 cases and community concerns has resulted in our decision to stop production,” Tyson said within a full-page ad published in the New York Times, the Washington Post and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette on April 26.

 

Furthermore, Smithfield Foods indefinitely suspended operations at its Sioux Falls, South Dakota, facility on April 12, after it was identified as a hotspot for the novel coronavirus. As of late, more than 1,000 COVID-19 infections have been linked to the plant, and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued an extensive list of recommendations to Smithfield Foods as it attempts to reduce possible transmission of the contagious disease.

 

“The virus is afflicting communities everywhere. The agriculture and food sectors have not been immune,” Smithfield Foods President and CEO Kenneth M. Sullivan said in a company release. “We have a stark choice as a nation: we are either going to produce food or not, even in the face of COVID-19.”

 

While Trump’s executive order calls for the federal government to issue assistance to workers in the form of additional protective gear, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union claimed the administration was blinded by its focus on the economy.

 

“We only wish that this administration cared as much about the lives of working people as it does about meat, pork and poultry products,” Stuart Appelbaum, the labor union’s president, said, as reported by Bloomberg.

 

The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), the largest food and retail union in the nation, also issued a statement directed at the Trump administration, Congress and state governments on Tuesday, calling for “immediate action to protect the millions of workers who are keeping our communities strong throughout the crisis.”

 

“American lives are on the line. We cannot wait any longer. We need action now,” UFCW International President Marc Perrone said in the union release.

 

https://sputniknews.com/us/202004291079128270-trump-invokes-defense-production-act-to-help-meat-producers-head-off-food-shortage–/

Anonymous ID: 29ef9f April 28, 2020, 9:14 p.m. No.8956768   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6779 >>6786

>>8956679

>>8956698

>>8956732

 

This is what he is alluding to

 

The 1918-19 Spanish Flu appeared after:

 

Did a Military Experimental Vaccine in 1918 Kill 50-100 Million People Blamed as "Spanish Flu"?

https://vaccineimpact.com/2018/did-military-experimental-vaccine-in-1918-kill-50-100-million-people-blamed-as-spanish-flu/

 

Guess who was involved in the above experiment????? See pic

 

Why do they never look for a cure? Only a vaccine!

 

Gates Foundation calls for global cooperation on vaccine for 7 billion people

https://www.euractiv.com/section/health-consumers/news/gates-foundation-calls-for-global-cooperation-on-vaccine-for-7-billion-people/

Anonymous ID: 29ef9f April 28, 2020, 9:15 p.m. No.8956785   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6803 >>6871 >>6931

Iraq: Official Warns of US Plot to Transfer ISIS Terrorists from Syria to Iraq’s Al-Anbar

 

A senior official in Iraq’s al-Anbar province warned of the increasing presence of the ISIS terrorists in the desert areas of the province which are controlled by the US forces.

 

“These areas are controlled by the US military men and are a safe haven for the terrorists,” the official was quoted as saying by the Arabic-language al-Ma’aloumeh news agency on Saturday.

 

He added that the Americans are supplying the ISIS terrorists with the necessary weapons and logistical equipment.

 

The official warned of the US attempts to transfer a large number of ISIS terrorists from occupied regions of Syria to Iraq’s western desert province of al-Anbar. The terrorists pose a great danger to inhabitants of this area, as well as the bordering areas with Syria.

 

The aim of the US and its NATO and regional Wahhabi partners in crime is quite obviously fomenting tension and unrest in Iraq in the future, giving them an excuse to continue occupying Iraqi and Syrian territories, all under the pretext of “fighting terrorism”.

 

In relevant remarks in March, another Iraqi official had also warned that the ISIS terrorists were being supported by the US in the western desert areas of the al-Anbar province along the border with occupied parts of Syria.

 

“The US is increasing its forces in al-Anbar and monitors the bordering line between Iraq and Syria,” Head of Badr Organization’s Office in al-Anbar Qusai al-Anbari said.

 

He added that the US is attempting to transfer the largest-ever number of ISIS terrorists into Iraq, adding that they are supported by the US in the desert areas of al-Anbar after arriving from Syria through US heliborne operations. Al-Anbari warned that “certain Iraqis” are also attempting to facilitate the ISIS traffic into Iraq’s western deserts in support of terrorism following a clandestine agreement with the Americans.

 

https://www.globalresearch.ca/iraq-official-warns-us-plot-transfer-isis-terrorists-syria-iraq-al-anbar/5710883