The efforts of these organizations and many other like-minded groups are part of a national movement that would make social and emotional learning a free-standing, required learningstandard for grades pre-k through 12.
Schools are already making professional judgements about the quality of teaching and learning, the standard of marking and the preparation and planning of individual teachers.
There would also be questions about education from an individual's own education to the importance of learning new things and satisfaction with the standard of the national education system.
Local companies can benefit from the experience by learning how to manage property at an international standard-something else that the government is trying to encourage the industry to do, rather than just speculate.
Some engineers say a standard developed primarily for laptops, called the Smart Battery System, gives a more accurate reading by learning from prior experience.