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And Huffington Post reports on the Atlanta scandal have yielded several tips about suspicious testing practices in a number of states.

Shared Parenting is practiced in a number of states: in 2012 Arizona implemented laws encouraging judges to maximize the time children spend with both parents and in 2015, Utah implemented law providing a minimum of 40 % time with each parent.

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Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company was engaged in predatory lending practices that saddled subprime borrowers and / or those with poor or limited credit histories with high - interest rate debt that they could not repay; (ii) many of the Company's customers were using Qudian - provided loans to repay their existing loans, thereby inflating the Company's revenues and active borrower numbers and increasing the likelihood of defaults; (iii) the Company was providing online loans to college students despite a governmental ban on the practice; (iv) the Company was engaged overly aggressive and improper collection practices; (v) the Company had understated the number of its non-performing loans in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; (vi) because of the Company's improper lending, underwriting and collection practices it was subject to a heightened risk of adverse actions by Chinese regulators; (vii) the Company's largest sales platform and strategic partner, Alipay, and Ant Financial, could unilaterally cap the APR for loans provided by Qudian; (viii) the Company had failed to implement necessary safeguards to protect customer data; (ix) data for nearly one million Company customers had been leaked for sale to the black market, including names, addresses, phone numbers, loan information, accounts and, in some cases, passwords to CHIS, the state - backed higher - education qualification verification institution in China, subjecting the Company to undisclosed risks of penalties and financial and reputational harm; and (x) as a result of the foregoing, Qudian's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

In its paper, the BPP Group raises a number of concerns regarding the hard regulatory approach suggested by the Directive proposals and calls upon the European Commission, Parliament and national governments to support the proportionate, principles - based approach to service supplier oversight overwhelmingly supported by shareholders that is embodied in the Best Practice Principles for Shareholder Voting Research & Analysis, stating that «unwarranted or disproportionate legislation may inhibit the provision of independent information and services that assist investors in the exercise of the very rights and responsibilities that the Directive aims to foster and support.&raquIn its paper, the BPP Group raises a number of concerns regarding the hard regulatory approach suggested by the Directive proposals and calls upon the European Commission, Parliament and national governments to support the proportionate, principles - based approach to service supplier oversight overwhelmingly supported by shareholders that is embodied in the Best Practice Principles for Shareholder Voting Research & Analysis, stating that «unwarranted or disproportionate legislation may inhibit the provision of independent information and services that assist investors in the exercise of the very rights and responsibilities that the Directive aims to foster and support.&raquin the Best Practice Principles for Shareholder Voting Research & Analysis, stating that «unwarranted or disproportionate legislation may inhibit the provision of independent information and services that assist investors in the exercise of the very rights and responsibilities that the Directive aims to foster and support.&raquin the exercise of the very rights and responsibilities that the Directive aims to foster and support.»

Mormons do not run religious schools that take public aid from the state, such as secular textbooks, though that is a practice approved by the Supreme Court in states with substantial numbers of parochial schools.

Statistics released by the National Athletic Trainers» Association in March 2016 show improvement in the number of states that have adopted best practices in three major areas of sports safety, but that safety gaps persist.

The goal of the Birth by the Numbers website is to present accurate, up - to - date information on childbirth practices and outcomes in the United States and other countries.

According to the American College of Nurse - Midwives in Washington, D.C., the number of certified nurse - midwives practicing in the United States has increased from 275 in 1963 to more than 4,000 in 1992.

Gennaro and other opponents of fracking in New York have raised the issue's visibility in part by pointing to the disastrous effects the practice has had in a number of Western states that have allowed it, and in Pennsylvania, which shares the same source of gas as New York State, the Marcellus Shale formation, which runs from the Southern Tier to West Virginia, and west to part of Ohio.

Cuomo wants to make design - build permanent in New York and envisions expanding the practice to a number of state agencies, like the Empire State Development Corporation, which is leading the redevelopment of the Javits Center, Penn Station and the Farley Post Ofstate agencies, like the Empire State Development Corporation, which is leading the redevelopment of the Javits Center, Penn Station and the Farley Post OfState Development Corporation, which is leading the redevelopment of the Javits Center, Penn Station and the Farley Post Office.

A number of Banks in Ghana are currently in distress due to non-performing loans and, in the case of some state banks, poor corporate governance practice.

«I will be happy to share our programs and expertise with any commission dedicated to this important issue and my hope is that our practices will be adopted throughout the State, as they have been in a number of jurisdictions across the country,» he said.

The number of U.S. medical students choosing careers in family practice plummeted by more than 50 percent in just the last eight years, but ironically, the more specialists there are in a state per capita, the lower the quality rank of medical care in that state and the higher the cost.

«Autoinflation is one of a number of effective nondrug interventions typically underrepresented in research and clinical practice,» state the authors.

Approximately equal numbers of women and men enter and graduate from medical school in the United States and United Kingdom.1 2 In northern and eastern European countries such as Russia, Finland, Hungary, and Serbia, women account for more than 50 % of the active physicians3; in the United Kingdom and United States, they represent 47 % and 33 % respectively.4 5 Even in Japan, the nation in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development with the lowest percentage of female physicians, representation doubled between 1986 and 2012.3 6 However, progress in academic medicine continues to lag, with women accounting for less than 30 % of clinical faculty overall and for less than 20 % of those at the highest grade or in leadership positions.7 - 9 Understanding the extent to which this underrepresentation affects high impact research is critical because of the implicit bias it introduces to the research agenda, influencing future clinical practice.10 11 Given the importance of publication for tenure and promotion, 12 women's publication in high impact journals also provides insights into the degree to which the gender gap can be expected to closin the United States and United Kingdom.1 2 In northern and eastern European countries such as Russia, Finland, Hungary, and Serbia, women account for more than 50 % of the active physicians3; in the United Kingdom and United States, they represent 47 % and 33 % respectively.4 5 Even in Japan, the nation in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development with the lowest percentage of female physicians, representation doubled between 1986 and 2012.3 6 However, progress in academic medicine continues to lag, with women accounting for less than 30 % of clinical faculty overall and for less than 20 % of those at the highest grade or in leadership positions.7 - 9 Understanding the extent to which this underrepresentation affects high impact research is critical because of the implicit bias it introduces to the research agenda, influencing future clinical practice.10 11 Given the importance of publication for tenure and promotion, 12 women's publication in high impact journals also provides insights into the degree to which the gender gap can be expected to closIn northern and eastern European countries such as Russia, Finland, Hungary, and Serbia, women account for more than 50 % of the active physicians3; in the United Kingdom and United States, they represent 47 % and 33 % respectively.4 5 Even in Japan, the nation in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development with the lowest percentage of female physicians, representation doubled between 1986 and 2012.3 6 However, progress in academic medicine continues to lag, with women accounting for less than 30 % of clinical faculty overall and for less than 20 % of those at the highest grade or in leadership positions.7 - 9 Understanding the extent to which this underrepresentation affects high impact research is critical because of the implicit bias it introduces to the research agenda, influencing future clinical practice.10 11 Given the importance of publication for tenure and promotion, 12 women's publication in high impact journals also provides insights into the degree to which the gender gap can be expected to closin the United Kingdom and United States, they represent 47 % and 33 % respectively.4 5 Even in Japan, the nation in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development with the lowest percentage of female physicians, representation doubled between 1986 and 2012.3 6 However, progress in academic medicine continues to lag, with women accounting for less than 30 % of clinical faculty overall and for less than 20 % of those at the highest grade or in leadership positions.7 - 9 Understanding the extent to which this underrepresentation affects high impact research is critical because of the implicit bias it introduces to the research agenda, influencing future clinical practice.10 11 Given the importance of publication for tenure and promotion, 12 women's publication in high impact journals also provides insights into the degree to which the gender gap can be expected to closin Japan, the nation in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development with the lowest percentage of female physicians, representation doubled between 1986 and 2012.3 6 However, progress in academic medicine continues to lag, with women accounting for less than 30 % of clinical faculty overall and for less than 20 % of those at the highest grade or in leadership positions.7 - 9 Understanding the extent to which this underrepresentation affects high impact research is critical because of the implicit bias it introduces to the research agenda, influencing future clinical practice.10 11 Given the importance of publication for tenure and promotion, 12 women's publication in high impact journals also provides insights into the degree to which the gender gap can be expected to closin the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development with the lowest percentage of female physicians, representation doubled between 1986 and 2012.3 6 However, progress in academic medicine continues to lag, with women accounting for less than 30 % of clinical faculty overall and for less than 20 % of those at the highest grade or in leadership positions.7 - 9 Understanding the extent to which this underrepresentation affects high impact research is critical because of the implicit bias it introduces to the research agenda, influencing future clinical practice.10 11 Given the importance of publication for tenure and promotion, 12 women's publication in high impact journals also provides insights into the degree to which the gender gap can be expected to closin academic medicine continues to lag, with women accounting for less than 30 % of clinical faculty overall and for less than 20 % of those at the highest grade or in leadership positions.7 - 9 Understanding the extent to which this underrepresentation affects high impact research is critical because of the implicit bias it introduces to the research agenda, influencing future clinical practice.10 11 Given the importance of publication for tenure and promotion, 12 women's publication in high impact journals also provides insights into the degree to which the gender gap can be expected to closin leadership positions.7 - 9 Understanding the extent to which this underrepresentation affects high impact research is critical because of the implicit bias it introduces to the research agenda, influencing future clinical practice.10 11 Given the importance of publication for tenure and promotion, 12 women's publication in high impact journals also provides insights into the degree to which the gender gap can be expected to closin high impact journals also provides insights into the degree to which the gender gap can be expected to close.

Luckily, with the rise in demand for doulas, the number of certified birth doulas in the United States has grown to over 7,000 practicing doulas today.

Each person had also been asked to evaluate her or his psychological state at a number of points during the entire study, and people who had practiced yoga noted a more significant reduction in anxiety as well as a greater improvement in mood than people that walked.

By the numbers Students learn about the populations of Native Americans in different states and practice reading a table.

These states aren't alone in this effort; a number of other organizations are creating different kinds of resources to help improve teaching practice — some in relation to the Common Core State Standards and some in conjunction with educator evaluation.

With a number of years of this bold policy now under its belt, we wanted to understand what this means in practice across the state.

When national experts came to the Capitol to testify on the law, they made it clear that Connecticut lags behind other states in this area, and is missing a number of nationally - recognized best practices.

These include Alignment Institutes; the ADP Assessment Consortium, which allows states to share best practices and drive improvements in effective assessment; and the College - and Career - Ready Policy Institute, a comprehensive technical assistance effort supporting work in eight states with support from a number of other national partners.

«What School Could Be presents relevant, practical ideas backed by a huge number of examples of the innovative practices and programs taking place in schools across the United States.

The report details strategies and practices undertaken in a number of states to improve achievement in their Focus Schools.

But Sonja Santelises, vice president for K - 12 policy and practice at The Education Trust, a Washington, D.C. - based nonprofit that works to close achievement gaps, sees a danger in large numbers of children with disabilities opting out of state tests.

I also examined state certification policies and school hiring practices in the four districts, surveyed a number of districts regarding hiring policies, and then combined the information I gathered into a set of policy considerations.

Race to the Top initiated a long - overdue debate over how to improve teacher quality in the United States and highlighted a number of dysfunctional state practices around teacher training, placement, evaluation, tenure, and dismissal.

In the second episode of CASconversations, CAS President Dr. Rosie O'Brien Vojtek sits down with Attorney Tom Mooney to talk about a number of issues impacting school administrators, including the 2017 legislative session, teacher evaluation practices, funding of the state teacher pension system, and the importance of being disciplined in the use of social media and electronic communicationIn the second episode of CASconversations, CAS President Dr. Rosie O'Brien Vojtek sits down with Attorney Tom Mooney to talk about a number of issues impacting school administrators, including the 2017 legislative session, teacher evaluation practices, funding of the state teacher pension system, and the importance of being disciplined in the use of social media and electronic communicationin the use of social media and electronic communications.

The practice of forcing students to stay in the testing room, despite having been opted out of the SBAC program by their parents, is an ugly strategy to embarrass, humiliate and ostracize children who are inappropriately being required to sit in the testing room for hours while their peers are taking the defective and high - stakes SBAC tests that are designed to unfairly fail a significant number of the state's children.

While the Common Core State Standards share many features and concepts with existing standards, the new standards also represent a substantial departure from current practice in a number of respects.

The state gave practice tests last year, but the results were not publicly released, making today's numbers the first temperature - taking of students on a statewide basis that can be used for comparative purposes in the years ahead.

A social work dissertation is an assignment that helps you in learning a number of aspects related to community service, state welfare and rehabilitation practices that can make you a pro in this field.

Interestingly in January 2017, Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a lawsuit against Navient Corporation, accusing the lender of a number of deceptive practices, including pushing distressed students toward short - term forbearance.

Ask the «attorney» to give you the name of the state they're licensed to practice in and their bar license number.

The purpose of the Regents Physician Loan Forgiveness Award Program is to increase the number of physicians practicing in areas of New York State designated by the New York State Board of Regents as having a shortage of physicians.

The potential supply of medical professionals to meet this demand was seen during World War II, when Dr. Eugene Stead realized that an intermediate role might be possible through employment of soldiers who had gone through a 2 - year medical training program to become medics in combat.1 By the end of the Vietnam War, a large number of medical corpsmen had returned to the United States, providing a large pool of medically inclined, highly trained individuals without the ability to practice as physicians.

Jennifer has been director of emergency and intensive care services at a number of large private referral practices in Canada and the United States.

· Labeling of all prescription medication dispensed to animal owners be labeled in accordance with state and federal law · Requiring all animal shelters operating and providing veterinary services in South Carolina be subjected to the regulation of the South Carolina Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners · Veterinarians providing veterinary services in animal shelters prepare written or electronic records concerning the animals in their respective care and maintain these for a minimum of three years · Animal shelters prepare and maintain records documenting the number of animals admitted to the facility and the method by which those animals exit the facility, whether by adoption, fostering, natural death, euthanasia, transfer to another state, or other means of discharge · Establishes a study committee for animal care and welfare issues in South Carolina · A mobile practice affiliated with, operated by, or supported by a public or private nonprofit animal shelter is prohibited from operating within eyesight of the nearest privately owned veterinarian practice.

She has been practicing as a general practitioner in Washington state for a number of years and during her time practicing, she has treated many older and aging pets with arthritis or injuries.

She graduated veterinary school from Oklahoma State University and practiced as a general practitioner in Kent, Washington for a number of years.

The number of veterinarians across the United States is expanding and the AVMA (American Veterinary Medical Association) released market research in 2016, making the claim that there are more than 114,000 practicing veterinarians in the U.S. Of that total number, 68,213 reported to be working in a private clinical practicof veterinarians across the United States is expanding and the AVMA (American Veterinary Medical Association) released market research in 2016, making the claim that there are more than 114,000 practicing veterinarians in the U.S. Of that total number, 68,213 reported to be working in a private clinical practicOf that total number, 68,213 reported to be working in a private clinical practice.

Only a small number of veterinary practices in the United States receive this prestigious designation.

There has also been an increase in the number of veterinary practices opening up across the state of Kentucky in the last few years.

The figures I've seen show that there are over 1 million lawyers in the United States and even accounting for those who are retired, in academia or judgeships, 550,770 seems on the low side for the number of currently practicing attorneys.

(e) looking at ways to amend, yet again, our governance structure with the stated, but incompatible, goals of reducing the number of benchers but increasing the diversity of Convocation including by practice area (in other words, continue the dumbing down of Convocation, begun in 2009, by throwing away valuable and experienced resources, reducing the number of voting benchers even as our workload increases, while somehow ensuring that more practice areas and any number of clamouring groups are represented),

Alan Untereiner operates a broad appellate practice, which has featured a number of appearances in the Supreme Court and wider state and federal courts.

Mr. Wish's trial practice includes a concentration on complex commercial litigation, and he has successfully tried a number of business disputes involving breach of contract, unfair and deceptive trade practices, and business torts in both state and federal courts.

While counsel are required to cite a reported series where available, the Civil & Criminal Practice Directive entitled «Citation of Authorities» states that copies provided to the Court may be reproduced from an alternate electronic database provided the reported decision contains numbered paragraphs and the paragraph numbering is the same in the electronic source (slightly different instructions apply where the citation is to the Supreme Court Reports).

Some law firms simply state the number of years the firm has been in existence and then list their practice areas.

For a number of years, Kelly gained invaluable experience aggressively representing corporate clients in what could only be called «high - stakes» litigation, practicing alongside some of the best firms and attorneys in the State of Texas, if not the nation; however, Kelly is a full - time father before he is a lawyer.