BrainWare Safari Closes Cognitive Gaps for Students with Specific Learning Disabilities
CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Groundbreaking research has demonstrated that a comprehensive, integrated cognitive skills training program can raise the cognitive functioning of students with specific learning disabilities (SLD) to parity with normally developing students. The results were presented in May at the Learning and the Brain Conference in Arlington, VA and in a Neuroscience in Education Webinar. “By [...]
Mental Health Summit for Students, Hosted by Let’s Erase the Stigma Educational Foundation, with Special Guests Glenn Close, Cara Santa Maria, and Keith Mitchell
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Let’s Erase the Stigma Educational Foundation (LETS) will host over 350 high school students at its 2nd Annual Youth Summit, themed “Generation LETS Heroes,” at the California Endowment on May 23, 2012, from 8:00AM to 2:00PM. May 23 has been proclaimed “Let’s Erase the Stigma Youth Day” by the Los Angeles County Board [...]
New Tools Will Assist School Child Nutrition Programs in Complying with the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act
ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Horizon Software International, the innovative leader in K-12 food service technology and online school payments, is launching new system features that will help school districts ensure their menus comply with the new meal patterns and nutrient standard regulations imposed by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. “With additional reimbursement money riding on compliance with the [...]
World’s Brightest Young Scientists Travel to Pittsburgh
–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Intel: “We sponsor the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair to encourage millions of young innovators around the world to propel their curiosity into action” WHAT: The world’s largest high school science research competition, the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair 2012, a program of Society for Science the Public, comes to Pittsburgh, [...]
CSX and City Year Team Up with Fairmont City to Improve Rose Lake Park
–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CSX Corporation (NYSE: CSX): What: Volunteers from CSX and City Year will team up with the Village of Fairmont City, an Illinois community east of St. Louis, Mo., to recondition and paint playground equipment, install boarders and add safety surfacing in the playground area, landscape and create and install new signage. For more [...]
