Perhaps more important than an educational standard may be a general agreement on what constitutes professional standards of behaviour.

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What amuses (or enrages, to taste) about all of this is that schools like Summerhill, and that educational ethos has become a standard part of primary school teaching in England, are considered to be of the left.

FORBES: Hippie Educationalists and Libertarians

Those with whom I work may lack the pedigree of Ms. Piros or Mr. Hardin, but ironically, in the courtroom judges hold the disadvantaged to a much higher standard that those at the apogee of our educational institutions.

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Organizations like PES now enable educational institutions to issue an industry-standard micro-credential that recipients can easily display, manage and share without fear of denigration.

FORBES: Badges Lend Gravitas To Free Education Revolution

Investment, consulting and project management company Vicon wants to redevelop the castle itself as the "centrepiece" of a development that proposes "a world-class championship-standard 18-hole golf course, clubhouse and educational golf academy, new whisky distillery, homes, retail and a food and drink centre of excellence".

BBC: Loudoun Castle

Currently there are no internationally accepted standards for guidance counsellors but the International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance (IAEVG) is in the process of establishing a committee to draft such a standard.

UNESCO: GUIDANCE