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Following | Harlem Children's Zone, Evidence and Evaluation | August 1, 2016

Harlem Children’s Zone: A Case Study

The Center for the Study of Social Policy’s Friends of Evidence examines the innovative ways HCZ uses and generates evidence to track and improve its impact on children and families in Central Harlem. 

via www.cssp.org

Following | July 6, 2016

Putting Child Well-being First

The Duke Endowment, a Blue Meridian Partner, shares the “theory of change” that drives its child care programs in North and South Carolina. 

via dukeendowment.org

Following | Talent Development Secondary | June 24, 2016

Reflections on a Decade-Long Quest to Make Education Evidence-Based

Co-founder Robert Balfanz describes positive early findings from the evaluation of Diplomas Now and argues that government should invest more in building evidence of the effectiveness of interventions to improve public education. 

via medium.com

Following | Policy | June 24, 2016

Government Needs to Pay-What-It-Takes, Too

The leaders of a former EMCF grantee argue in Stanford Social Innovation Review that government contracts are crippling social service agencies by covering too little of their overhead. 

via ssir.org