Sentence examples for known for instituting from inspiring English sources

She is best known for instituting a divisive plan in Washington that asked teachers to trade their tenure protections in exchange for performance pay.

Alexander, who had become known for instituting merit-based pay in the Tennessee school system, was impressed with Ravitch's demands for a strong curriculum, and he appointed her an Assistant Secretary.

Mr. Levitt, a Wall Street veteran known for instituting tough federal guidelines that barred companies from disclosing financial information to stock analysts before investors, served as chairman of the S.E.C. from 1993 to 2001, chairman of the city's economic development corporation from 1989 to 1993, and was chairman of the American Stock Exchange.

The proposal on freeing up funds has been championed by Mark Dubowitz, executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a public policy institute known for its hawkish views on Iran.

The institute, best known for its annual Lifetime Achievement Award and its occasional lists of the Top 100 this or that type of film (also accompanied by a television special), decided to take a slightly different approach from other groups in its annual honors.

(Officials of the institute, which is known for teaching a moderate brand of Sufi Islam and is affiliated with the Syrian government, have denied that it supports terrorism).

Its current leader, Dr. Phillip A. Griffiths, a Princeton-trained mathematician, is stepping down after 11 years to teach at the private institute, perhaps best known for its connection to Einstein, a faculty member there for more than two decades.

In a first, the 43-year-old institute, which is known for its wide range of intellectual and new-age programs, held a five-day yoga festival in June called the Heart of Yoga.

However, some institutes that are known for their research activities did not present these in any form on their websites.

With an agricultural research institute, it is also known for fruit farming.

The institute is probably best known for its annual lifetime achievement award, now in its 29th year, though its 100 Years project raised the group's visibility nationwide.