Haskins, Ron. <br/><br/>
Show me the evidence :  Obama's fight for rigor and evidence in social policy / 
Ron Haskins, Greg Margolis. 
 - Washington, D.C. :  Brookings Institution Press,  [2015] 
 - xiv, 319 p. ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-296) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> "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"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780815725718 (pbk. : acid-free paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014022510 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Obama, Barack.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Evaluation research (Social action programs)--United States.<br/>Asistencia pública--Estados Unidos.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Social policy--21st century.<br/>Estados Unidos--Política social.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HN 59.2  / H351s 2015 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>361.6/10973