Sentences with phrase «major education policy decision»

Among the long list of accomplishments that includes participation in nearly every major education policy decision since the mid-1980s - O'Connell said he is most proud of his role in getting voters to approve a ballot measure that reduced the threshold for passing school bonds to 55 percent.

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Regaining mayoral control of schools was one Michael Bloomberg's greatest legislative achievements as mayor; it marked the first time City Hall gained discretion over education policy since the Lindsay administration, when those powers were decentralized and major decisions were made by an education board.

«I am proud of all of the major policy accomplishments on which I worked, but I'm probably most passionate about consumer information in higher education, and arming families and students with the tools to make good decisions about college.»

A major extra-legal policy of the Obama administration has been its decision to let states ignore the nation's largest federal education law, duly passed by elected representatives in Congress, in exchange for submitting themselves directly to the whims of unelected federal education officials.

The way these STFs have contributed to the state's education policy decisions was a major reason Mary Elaine Vaughn, a high school math teacher and Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching finalist, decided to apply to join the program.

Will you share the rights as parents to make major decisions about your child / ren's welfare (such as medical treatment, education, religious upbringing), with a view toward following a harmonious policy?