There was no announcement of new standards, just a proposal by the National Governers' Association to push for unified national standards. While Texas and Alaska have already opted out of such a proposal, the other 48 states have not necessarilly signed on.
http://wcbstv.com/national/national.standardized.education.2.1552390.html Phil On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 10:05 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > The announcement was made today that forty eight governors (governors of > Texas and Alaska are not included) have approved new standards for the > instruction of children in elementary schools in the subjects of mathematics > and English. > > Where can the new standards be found? Are they posted on the Internet? > What do the standard say about the teaching of SI? > > Gene Mechtly > >
