October 24, 2022

Test Scores Show Historic COVID Setbacks for Kids Across US

The COVID-19 pandemic spared no state or region as it caused historic learning setbacks for America’s children, erasing decades of academic progress and widening racial disparities, according to results of a national test that provide the sharpest look yet at the scale of the crisis. Across the country, math scores saw their largest decreases ever. Reading scores dropped to 1992 levels. Nearly four in 10 eighth graders failed to grasp basic math concepts. Not a single state saw a notable improvement in their average test scores, with some simply treading water at best. Those are the findings from the National Assessment of Educational Progress — known

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WHO Says a Polio-Free World Within Grasp

In marking World Polio Day, advocates for a polio-free world are urging nations to commit to a new five-year strategy to eradicate this crippling disease and consign it to the trash bin of history. An estimated 350,000 children were paralyzed by polio when the World Health Organization launched its Global Polio Eradication Initiative in 1988. In the world today, polio is endemic only in Pakistan, and Afghanistan. So far this year, 29 cases have been recorded, putting the possibility of a polio-free world within reach. The WHO notes the final stretch is the most difficult and cautions nations against letting

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THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION Casual Election in the Tenth Electoral District

Nominations of Candidates   The Electoral Commission notifies that it will continue to receive nominations by candidates for the Casual Election in the Tenth Electoral District to elect a Member of Parliament following the death of Robert Arrigo up to Wednesday 26th October 2022 at noon.   Candidates may personally submit their nomination  at the Electoral Office at the Counting Complex in Naxxar between 9:00 and 12:00 noon, or as from today, online through the link  https://electoral.gov.mt/nominations, up to  Wednesday 26th October 2022 at noon.   Prospective candidates are advised that they must present their Identity Card. In case of illness

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