Sentences with phrase «metric system the official»

So why not bite the bullet and implement the law Congress passed around 1850 that made the metric system the official American system.

Not exact matches

Through collaborations with state officials and the State University of New York (SUNY) and City University of New York (CUNY) systems, leaders have developed metrics to better assess the CCR of students graduating from New York high schools and included those metrics on school report cards.

Dennis Holt has seen official enthusiasm for teaching the metric system of measurement wax and wane several times in his 19 years as a mathematics teacher.

U.S. and Chinese officials will work together and with the private sector to develop energy efficient building codes and rating systems, benchmark industrial energy efficiency, train building inspectors and energy efficiency auditors for industrial facilities, harmonize test procedures and performance metrics for energy efficient consumer products, exchange best practices in energy efficient labeling systems and convene a new U.S. - China Energy Efficiency Forum to be held annually, rotating between the two countries.

Building on the Ten Year Framework on Energy and Environment Cooperation, government officials of both countries will «work together and with the private sector to develop energy efficient building codes and rating systems, benchmark industrial energy efficiency, train building inspectors and energy efficiency auditors for industrial facilities, harmonize test procedures and performance metrics for energy efficient consumer products, [and] exchange best practices in energy efficient labeling systems.»