41.   The Regents are in the middle of an effort to increase the education standards in New York.

42.   The State Board of Regents, of which Levy is a former member, sets education standards for New York schools.

43.   Tucked into a new law on education standards for day care workers is a requirement that private technicians tell police if they find child pornography when servicing computers.

44.   Both education standards and labour protection has increased and numbers living in abject poverty have dropped dramatically.

45.   But growing Asian production capacity and declining US education standards are among the main threats the US economy faces, the council said.