G. Reid Lyon, a research psychologist and the chief of the Child Development and Behavior Branch within the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, takes your questions on reading ...

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors Tuesday unanimously approved a plan, along with a new office, that proponents say will prioritize evidence and data in decision-making, as a way to ensure ...

Housing First policies are being replaced with punitive reforms that could push 170,000 people back into homelessness.

As policymakers in the U.S. and globally consider how to govern artificial intelligence technology, Berkeley researchers have joined with others to recommend opportunities to develop evidence-based AI ...

Colorado's state capitol. Evidence-based government has been embraced by the legislative and executive branches. (Photo: David Kidd) Before COVID, governors had hoped to increase general fund ...

As a researcher and science writer wondering like many others why evidence does not always appear to make a difference in policy, I found myself deeply engaged in Karen Bogenschneider and Tom ...

Who doesn’t believe evidence should guide our decisions? Basing care and policy on evidence seems the best approach intuitively but why then is it so difficult to accomplish? A commentary in Public ...

Results for America today released the 2023 Invest in What Works State Standard of Excellence highlighting state data use at an event co-hosted with the National Governors Association. Last year, ...

When economic times are tough and state budgets are tight, the value of using credible research evidence to guide budget decisions is obvious: We need to do what works to use our limited resources as ...