Not exact matches
In the US, the Obama administration has
funded a range of
initiatives that require the use of evidence - based strategies in areas such as teen pregnancy prevention, home visiting, education and workforce innovation.2, 3 In the field of home visiting, an increasing number of programs have been rigorously evaluated and have demonstrated evidence of effectiveness in outcome domains such as parenting, maternal and child health, child development and school
readiness, reductions in child maltreatment, and family economic self - sufficiency.4, 5,6
Since 2002, the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation has
funded a groundbreaking
initiative designed to improve the college
readiness and college completion rates of students underrepresented in postsecondary education.
Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, the Northwest Comprehensive Center (NWCC) provides high - impact training and technical assistance to SEA staff in planning, implementing, monitoring, and sustaining
initiatives in priority areas such as college and career
readiness, educator effectiveness, school improvement, and rigorous, college - and career - ready standards implementation.
These states will now leverage the additional grant
funding to execute the career
readiness plans they developed during phase one of the
initiative.
The 62 schools included in the study all received
funding from three Gates Foundation
initiatives focused on improving student outcomes, particularly college and career
readiness.
The BioC ISFL will run under the BioCarbon
Fund (BioCF), which is part of the World Bank * and has been piloting REDD +
readiness initiatives since 2005.