It would also end the city's longstanding practice of opening gifted programs in select districts, which often left areas with large numbers of black and Hispanic kids going without gifted programs. (nydailynews.com)
The idea that teachers can lead — can influence policy and practice — without leaving the classroom is relatively new and contradicts longstanding practice in schools. (kappanonline.org)
In a change from longstanding practice, the CMS recently began suppressing substance abuse - related claims in the Medicare and Medicaid Research Identifiable Files to comply with a 1987 federal regulation barring third party payers from releasing information from federally funded substance abuse treatment programs without patient consent. (sciencedaily.com)