Sentences with phrase «federal bully pulpit»

And model three would set «shoot - the - moon» targets and use the federal bully pulpit to exhort leaders in states and districts to improve.

Not exact matches

Groups such as Clean Up Australia have long campaigned for plastic bags to be banned «forever,» and in March last year hopes were buoyed when federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt said he was prepared to use the «bully pulpit» of government to «get rid of» plastic bags.

I'm assuming that he was merely using the bully pulpit to promote a pet idea, not suggesting a new federal mandate.

Still, the federal government uses a complex system of funding mechanisms, policy directives, and the soft but considerable power of the presidential bully pulpit to shape what, how, and where students learn.

Unmoored from conservative principles, they can decide to use the federal government's substantial power — its bully pulpit, budget, regulatory power, guidance documents — to force policies they like.

Still, high - level federal officials could use their bully pulpit to spread the word about the importance of building knowledge, especially for low - income students.