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Show Me the Evidence : Obama's Fight for Rigor and Results in Social Policy / Ron Haskins, Greg Margolis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Haskins, Ron.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Evaluation research (Social action programs)--United States.
- Evaluation research (Social action programs).
- United States--Social policy--21st century.
- United States.
- Obama, Barack.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (337 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, District of Columbia : Brookings Institution Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Describes development and implementation of six evidence-based social policy initiatives undertaken by the Obama administration--spanning areas such as education, teen pregnancy, employment and training, and health--that led to effective ways in the use of social science evidence to guide federal policymaking and the operation of federal grant programs"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The Obama strategy for attacking social problems
- Improving the child-rearing skills of low-income parents
- Reducing teen pregnancy
- Building the evidence revolution in education
- The role of evidence in growing small organizations with big ideas
- Trying to build evidence into the workforce investment system
- Promoting skilled employment by improving community colleges
- So far, so good.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-296) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780815725701
- 0815725701
- OCLC:
- 897069764
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