Co-parenting

As some of you are aware I am a single mother of one :)
My daughter has just turned 3. Lately her father has become more part of her life more so than what he was in the first years. I couldn't be happier that she now has her father back in her life, and is being more committed to our daughter, and there relationship.
But at the same time I have so much resentment towards him! For the first 2/3years of my daughters life he has been in, and out of the picture. Financially, emotionally, and physically I have had to raise my daughter by my self..
Now that he has been in the picture constantly for the past 5 months. By being in the picture I mean seeing her once or twice a week, and I still make it easier for him by dropping her off..
Now that she is 3 I'm starting to think hard about her schooling, and where I would like her to go. As education means a lot to me, and I want the best for my daughter. So does he but due to our different background beliefs, and religion it's making co parenting so much harder. I feel like I should be able to pick what school my daughter goes to as I have full time care of her.
 But he really is persisting that he wants her to go to an Islamic school around his area which is 25 minutes from me, and not to mention how expressive this school is. I respect his religion by never feeding my daughter ham, or taking her to church's I have to consider his values, and beliefs not just mine as our religions are very different.
I never said I would put my daughter in a catholic school. I had been looking at the top 100 public schools in NSW and found a local public school that was up with the highest paid educations in Sydney! So I asked him if he would consider it, and he just gave me a straight NO.  It made me extremely angry that he wouldn't even consider my opinion. We have 2 years to pick a school for her, and his go his mind set on what school he wants her to go to. But I also have my mind set on where I would want her to go.. It seems like a never ending battle with trying to co parent whether it's schooling or parenting it seems that we always clash heads and can never agree to disagree!
Most the time co parenting feels like a lot more of emotional work than raising my own daughter! We still another have 18 years of co parenting to go. Let's hope it gets easier, and not harder!!
Fingers crossed!!