• It said the decision had been taken after council officers became concerned over falling standards.

    BBC: Shropshire

  • When it joined the PEF scheme two years ago it suffered an exodus of fee-paying pupils whose parents worried about their children mixing with the wrong sort, and about falling standards (justifiably at first, test results showed).

    ECONOMIST: A small start on the big problem of illiteracy

  • Many now complain about falling standards.

    ECONOMIST: The price of freedom

  • The poorest countries averaged no economic growth at all, with 15 out of 39 experiencing falling living standards.

    ECONOMIST: By invitation

  • He is also tasked with addressing crime, corruption and falling educational standards.

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  • Companies with low or falling governance standards are generally viewed as riskier stocks, outperforming when the market is rising and underperforming during periods of downturns.

    FORBES: Asian Economies Suffer From Reform Fatigue

  • Packed with anecdote and detail, it is a thoughtful, strongly felt study of what he believes are France's ills: a melancholy list that includes social division, widespread corruption, falling school standards and an overweening state.

    ECONOMIST: If in doubt, bash the French

  • Labour leader Ed Miliband, whose phrase "squeezed middle" - referring to those hit hardest by falling living standards - was word of the year in 2011, made the first recorded use of omnishambles in the House of Commons in April.

    BBC: UK Politics

  • On the one hand, the OBR admits that its gloomy prognosis of low economic growth and falling living standards in Britain may not be gloomy enough - because that forecast is predicated on an orderly resolution of the eurozone's debt crisis.

    BBC: Would euro solution be costly for Treasury?

  • America's public schools are increasingly frustrating parents and falling behind international standards.

    ECONOMIST: Reading, writing and enrichment | The

  • Russian employers confirm that overall standards are falling, especially in technical education.

    ECONOMIST: Life for most Russians is bleak, unhealthy and short

  • Mr Miliband, writing in the Times newspaper, said the "standards are falling lobby" harked back to the days when only five or 10% of the population went to university.

    BBC: Warning over A-level results claims

  • Estyn said that while Monmouthshire council was above the average for Wales and among the best in Wales in primary schools, it was falling short of the standards that could be reached.

    BBC: Wales

  • A-level standards that culminated in last summer's marking scandal and to the current agonising over the funding of universities, whose academic standards are falling apart under the pressure to teach increasing numbers of students with little more money.

    ECONOMIST: Education

  • The regulator was pretty adamant it was not a sign standards in care were falling.

    BBC: Analysis: Why are doctor complaints rising?

  • Mortgage borrowing is down significantly, the consequence of foreclosures, falling home values, tighter lending standards and weak home sales.

    WSJ: Student-Loan Debt Rises 8% to $904 Billion

  • Not only do people have a right to know whether average living standards are rising or falling, but publishing such numbers could also benefit some countries.

    ECONOMIST: Economics focus

  • Rhea Williams, chairman of the Queen's English Society Committee, said standards of spoken and written English were falling and the signs were "visible everywhere".

    BBC: Leeds Building Society staff get grammar lessons

  • Lower interest rates may not stop house prices falling, nor will they prevent banks from tightening their lending standards.

    ECONOMIST: The markets

  • Sen Welfare is the combination of absolute livings standards and inequality, rising Sen Welfare means that inequality is falling as incomes rise.

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  • To solve the problem, the Army relaxed recruiting standards with the percentage of new soldiers with high school diplomas falling from 94% in 2003 to 70.7% in 2007.

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  • And even if Washington never gets around to an energy or climate bill, state renewable portfolio standards and tightening federal emissions regulations are going to keep demand for renewables from falling too far.

    FORBES: NextEra Energy CEO Predicts Wind Shakeout

  • Most economists see the job falling naturally to central banks, because of their closeness to markets and because of the link between capital standards and monetary policy through the price of credit.

    ECONOMIST: What regulators should do now

  • Safety standards for cruise ships are set by the International Maritime Organization, a United Nations agency, with enforcement falling to individual countries.

    WSJ: Cruise Operators See Shares Fall, Defend Safety

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