TY  - BOOK
AU  - Haskins,Ron
AU  - Margolis,Greg
TI  - Show me the evidence : Obama's fight for rigor and evidence in social policy 
SN  - 9780815725718
AV  - HN59.2 .H38 2015
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Washington
PB  - Brooking Institution
KW  - Obama, Barack.
KW  - Evaluation research (Social action programs)
KW  - United States
KW  - Social policy
KW  - 21st century
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-296) and index; 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
N2  - "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"--
ER  -