Nothing specific of this nature is in the core standard but the features are available via vendor extensions.

Among the core standards that it sets out are:

All lessons are coded to and searchable by each state's core academic standards.

The 1750A supports 2 16-bit words of memory for the core standard.

That word was very much absent from the 2007 core standards which don't place an emphasis on subject knowledge.

Teachers often team-teach and merge content under the umbrella of concepts aligned to the common core standards.

"And we want students at every level to master these core standards."

The one economic item in the core standards - the limited prohibition of child labor - could conceivably have an effect.

"It is important they are prepared in core curriculum-based standards so they know what we mean when they come into the system," he said.

But, in return, the developing countries must improve their core environmental standards and accept that this is not yet another form of protectionism.