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Along with previous U.S. Department of Education initiatives such as No Child Left Behind (NCLB) which contained over 100 references to using evidence from \u201cscientifically-based research\u201d and the establishment of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) within the Department of Education, this order is another notable step in the right direction better enabling education decision-makers reach decisions that produce results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On September 15, 2015, President Obama released an executive order to promote the use of behavioral sciences to better design government policies for the American people.","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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