Sentences with phrase «successfully challenged policies»

We also have successfully challenged policies and procedures that impose unlawful limitations upon the full and equal participation of persons with disabilities.

Not exact matches

Setting aside the discussion of these technical and short - term factors, China faces significant economic and financial headwinds, and a series of policy missteps have raised concerns about its ability to successfully manage these challenges.

Laura Abshire, director, sustainability policy, National Restaurant Association; Andrew Harig, senior director, sustainability, tax and trade, Food Marketing Institute; and Meghan Stasz, senior director, sustainability, Grocery Manufacturers Association, represented industry groups at the staff briefing and co-presented with executives from their member companies to raise awareness of how companies are already successfully implementing food waste reduction strategies and what challenges remain in the supply chain that Congress can help provide relief.

I've stood up and challenged the failed policies of the political class, while at the same time successfully working across the aisle to deliver real results that benefit our community.»

Findings also showed it as an empirically and conceptually innovative, diverse, vibrant discipline that in many areas sets the intellectual agenda The UK publishes more than its share of major disciplinary journals; bibliometric indicators reveal international primacy both in volume and citation impact; and a large number of the seminal publications (books as well as articles) continue to have a UK origin UK human geography is radically interdisciplinary and with the spatial turn in the humanities and social sciences has become an exporter of ideas and faculty to other disciplines There was confidence that research in human geography had substantial impact on policy and practice and would successfully meet the challenges of the current impact agenda

Among its short questions, I spotted a few that were poorly worded and one that I judged unfair to Ronald Reagan's foreign policy, but the overwhelming majority looked fine and the medium - and long - answer questions are plenty challenging, well - conceived, and unlikely to be answered successfully without a fair command of the essentials of American history.

The initiative successfully brought many of the challenges facing school leaders into the spotlight of public policy and worked to spark a spirited national debate about the future of our students, schools, and leadership.

The Initiative successfully brought many of the challenges facing school leaders into the spotlight of public policy and worked to spark a spirited national debate about the future of our students, schools, and leadership.

Successfully initiating, implementing, and sustaining the transformation of the lowest - performing public schools is a pressing challenge for policy leaders and practitioners nationwide.

Successfully initiating and sustaining meaningful improvements in the lowest - performing public schools is a pressing challenge for policy leaders and practitioners nationwide.

In all my previous commentaries I have failed to successfully differentiate between the good that charter schools are doing for the children and families they serve versus the underlying public policy challenges we face as we try to ensure every child has access to a quality education and receives the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in this increasingly complex world.

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The plaintiffs successfully challenged the constitutionality of the Seattle Public Schools» (SPS) policy of using race to determine which school students could attend.

Notable cases in which Pierre was involved included an appeal against deprivation of citizenship on national security grounds following remittal to SIAC by the Supreme Court in the case of Pham («B2»); an appeal concerning registration under the statelessness provisions of the British Nationality Act 1981 in the case of MK (India); three out of hours applications for injunctions successfully preventing same - day removal and numerous challenges to Home Office policy and the Immigration Rules.

As EU law is according to Eco-Swiss a public policy ground which requires national courts to review arbitral awards for their compatibility with EU law, this means that any arbitral awards where the arbitration seat is in an EU Member State, or the recognition and enforcement of the award in an EU Member State is sought, can be successfully challenged in front of national EU courts.

Holly Stout, instructed by Bevan Brittan, successfully represented Oxford University in this challenge to the University's new Harassment Policy.

Successfully challenged the DfE in respect of an Islamic girls school's all female teacher policy.

The City of Newark is weighing a request for legal fees from a plaintiff who successfully challenged its nondisclosure policy concerning its proposal to serve as a second headquarters city for Amazon.

On 10 December 2015, the General Court of the European Union (GC) rendered a judgment in the Council v. Front Polisario case that was revolutionary in many regards: not only did a national liberalization movement successfully challenge an EU trade agreement, the Court also considered the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (CFR) applicable to non-EU citizens on a non EU - territory and in the context of trade policies (see previously, Geraldo Vidigal in EJILTalk).

There have been cases in the past where people have tried to challenge a policy's payout to a beneficiary, but in order for that to happen successfully there has to be some legal technicality regarding that contract.