Standards

Obama, U.S. Governors Favor “College-Ready� School Standards (Bloomberg)

14 Mar 2010

March 15 (Bloomberg) -- The first U.S.-wide set of academic standards for schoolchildren may be adopted by half of all states this year, while President Barack Obama presses to overhaul the main law designed to hold accountable 100,000 public schools for their students’ achievement.

Education Board Adopts Social Studies Standards (KCEN-TV Temple)

14 Mar 2010

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The State Board of Education has preliminarily adopted new standards that will direct Texas teachers in social studies, history and economics for millions of students for the next decade.

FPSB aims for globalised financial planning standards (Money Management)

14 Mar 2010

Financial planning representatives from China, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States joined forces to assess and develop global financial planner certification at a recent Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB) two-day meeting.