"What we need to see for the benefit of all our children's future is a democratically-accountable education system operating within the local authority, " she said.
Bolder ideas are needed to open up Britain's restrictive schools system, in which local-education authorities seldom sanction the creation of new schools while there are surplus places at existing ones, however awful.
That matters all the more since Bolivia's governments are in the midst of a decentralisation drive, supported by many donors of foreign aid, which is supposed to turn over to local government large parts of the health and education system, in what is one of South America's poorest countries.
This gave me a clear understanding of local issues facing Las Vegans, including a weak education system and lackluster housing market.
By facilitating Member States to raise and answer questions pertaining to their general education system themselves, this Framework acknowledges and respects local knowledge.
Martin Gocke, assistant director of education and libraries at Bracknell said the delay was necessary because of faults with the computer system it used to exchange information with other local education authorities.
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John Hechinger and Janet Lorin of Bloomberg News won the national reporting award for a yearlong series that looked at abuses in the system for financing higher education, while the local reporting award went to Gina Barton of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for reporting on a Milwaukee man who died in police custody after repeatedly telling officers he couldn't breathe.
Drawing on his experience as an educator and his time with the Department of Education, Tancredo believes that the federal government's involvement in education should be limited, encouraging local solutions and a "no-strings" voucher system to promote school choice.
Most parents have opted for local parochial schools, where the children are receiving a significantly better education than those in the public school system.
Unlike many other states, advocates say, Massachusetts' governance system designates state education officials as sole authorizers of independently run charter schools, overruling local mayors and unions.
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