Sentences with phrase «declined in recent years down»

Despite Congress's promised funding of IDEA at 40 percent of the average per - pupil cost, special education funding has declined in recent years down to less than 16 percent in FY 2013.

Not exact matches

Coal has seen significant declines in recent years, accounting for just 9 % of electricity generation in 2016, down from around 23 % the year before, as coal plants closed or switched to burning biomass such as wood pellets.

Of course, the Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod has suffered its own membership losses in recent years, experiencing a membership decline about half that of the ELCA over the same time period (down 12 percent, compared to the ELCA's 23 - percent drop).

«This recent decline at the Ph.D. level could likely mean that women's progress at the assistant professor level might also slow down or reverse in future years, so these trends will need to be watched closely,» Wai said.

However, the total forest area has been declining dramatically in recent years — down from 70 percent of the land area in 1940.

The new Altima sedan may be just the vehicle to reverse Nissan's declining fortunes.The company's sales have been slowly winding down in recent years in the United States.

The most recent trough in solar activity likely plays a role in depressing short - term trends, and the overall decline in total solar irradiance (TSI) in recent years relative to past solar cycles may be a small contributing factor in the current slow - down in the rate of warming.

And in case you're wondering what happened after 2008, the figures for 2009 — 2013 are continuing to decline even further, with deaths per year down to under 25,000 for this most recent period.