Promising Practices
The Promising Practices database informs professionals and community members about documented approaches to improving community health and quality of life.
The ultimate goal is to support the systematic adoption, implementation, and evaluation of successful programs, practices, and policy changes. The database provides carefully reviewed, documented, and ranked practices that range from good ideas to evidence-based practices.
Learn more about the ranking methodology.
Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Student Performance K-12, Children
The "I Have a Dream"® Program helps children from low-income areas reach their education and career goals by providing a long-term program of mentoring, tutoring, and enrichment with an assured opportunity for higher education.
Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Student Performance K-12, Children, Urban
The goal of ISUS is to address an escalating dropout problem and to better prepare these youth for work in high-demand industries.
Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Student Performance K-12, Children
These programs aim to improve both academic and interpersonal skills in elementary school aged children.
Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Student Performance K-12, Children, Teens
The program aims to enhance the protective factors of academic performance, attachment and commitment to school, consistent enforcement of rules regarding behavior, and attachment to prosocial role models.
Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Employment, Children, Teens
The mission of LLL is to improve the educational performance and advancement, and the employment and career prospects of all Chittenden County students.
Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Student Performance K-12, Teens
Two of the goals for the Maryland's Tomorrow program are for all seniors to pass Maryland's state tests and graduate, and for all participating students to improve their grade point averages.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Adolescent Health, Teens
The goal of the CSHP is to improve learning, performance, and health for students and teachers.
Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Student Performance K-12, Teens, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
NFTE's mission is to motivate young people from low-income communities to stay in school, learn about entrepreneurship, and plan for successful futures.
Filed under Good Idea, Education / Student Performance K-12, Children, Teens
The mission is to provide a multi-disciplinary program that prepares students for 21st century careers by giving them community based involvement. The hope of this project is for the students to connect content knowledge, acquired skills, and work habits to real world situations and issues.