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Managing diversity has become a primary concern of top U.S. corporations. In this paper, the authors develop a fact-based approach to modeling diversity management. They use the model to determine whether diversity-friendly corporations really do stand out from other companies by analyzing the strategies pursued by 14 large U.S. companies recognized for their diversity or human resource (HR) achievements. Finally, to understand whether best practices alone make a company diversity-friendly, they compare a number of characteristics of best diversity companies, best HR companies, and other compa

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Statistical services. --- Data collection services --- Information services --- Statistics --- Kurdistān (Iraq) --- Statistics. --- Kordestān (Iraq)

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This report presents results from a multisite, quantitative evaluation of the international Success for Kids (SFK) after-school program. A nonreligious program, SFK seeks to build resilience in children. Interestingly, the authors found that the program positively affected not just social and internal outcomes but also school-related outcomes, even though SFK is not an academic intervention.

After-school programs -- Florida -- Evaluation. --- Child development -- Florida -- Evaluation. --- Educational evaluation. --- Interpersonal relations -- Florida. --- Social skills -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- Activity programs. --- After-school programs --- Social skills --- Child development --- Interpersonal relations --- Educational evaluation --- Education --- Social Sciences --- Education, Special Topics --- Evaluation --- Activity programs --- Study and teaching (Elementary) --- Evaluation. --- Activity programs. --- Ability, Social --- Competence, Interpersonal --- Competence, Social --- Interpersonal competence --- Skills, Social --- Social ability --- Social competence --- Human relations --- Interpersonal relationships --- Personal relations --- Relations, Interpersonal --- Relationships, Interpersonal --- Social behavior --- Educational assessment --- Educational program evaluation --- Evaluation research in education --- Instructional systems analysis --- Program evaluation in education --- Self-evaluation in education --- Child study --- Children --- Development, Child --- After-school education --- Afterschool programs --- Development --- Life skills --- Social interaction --- Socialization --- Social psychology --- Object relations (Psychoanalysis) --- Developmental biology --- Developmental psychobiology --- Child rearing

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Increased interest in California and other states in providing universal access to publicly funded preschool education is behind this study's aims to analyze the economic returns from investing in high-quality preschool education in California.

Early childhood education -- California -- Cost effectiveness. --- Education, Preschool -- Economic aspects -- California. --- Education, Preschool --- Early childhood education --- Economic aspects --- Cost effectiveness. --- Children --- Infant education --- Prekindergarten --- Preschool education --- Education (Preschool) --- Education --- Nursery schools

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This exploration of school readiness focuses on how the home literacy environment, parenting behavior, and social characteristics are associated with two aspects of school readiness: basic skills, such as reading and math; and behavior problems, including sad/anxious behavior and aggressive behavior.

Readiness for school. --- Theory & Practice of Education --- Education --- Social Sciences