High school students who were at risk for dropping out greatly improved their math test scores and school attendance with the help of intensive tutoring and mentoring, according to a new study by the University of Chicago Urban Education ...
Tags: CPS, educational strategies, NBER, education policy
The British Fashion Council (BFC) has announced Peter Pilotto as the winner of this year’s BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund. The Fund was established in 2008 and provides one designer with a bespoke, high level mentoring support ...
Seventy percent of CIOs plan to change their relationships with technology providers and outsourcing partners over the next two to three years, according to a Gartner survey. The Gartner Executive Program Survey of 2,339 CIOs worldwide ...
Tags: Change Suppliers, Flat budgets
The Council of Fashion Designers of America announced the group of designers selected to participate in the CFDA’s 2014 – 2016 {FASHION INCUBATOR} program. The designers include A PEACE TREATY – Dana Arbib, Farah Malik ...
Tags: CFDA, Next Edition, FASHION INCUBATOR
BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund shortlist 2014: Emilia Wickstead, House of Holland, Mary Katrantzou, Osman, Peter Pilotto, Zoe Jordan. Each of the nominated designers is in a strong position to develop into a global designer brand and ...
Tags: BFC/Vogue, Shortlists Designers
A noteworthy tripartite initiative to stimulate technology start-ups by Sri Lankan university students and recent graduates gets underway in January 2014 with corporate sponsorship and participatory inputs from Brandix. Sri Lanka’s ...
Tags: Technology Start-Ups, Brandix
The PPG Industries Foundation announced a $5,000 donation to Action Greensboro for continued support of the STEM Early College program on the North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University (NC A&T) campus. The STEM Early College ...
Tags: PPG Industries, Coatings
Seven of London's brightest emerging talents who will receive sponsorship to showcase AW14 collections at London Fashion Week (14th – 18th February 2014) from NEWGEN sponsored by TOPSHOP. Catwalk sponsorship: 1205, Marques'Almeida, ...
Tags: AW14 collections, London Fashion Week, NEWGEN, BFC, fashion show, designers
L'Oreal Paris hosted its eighth annual Women of Worth celebration last night at The Pierre in New York City. The event brought together an esteemed group of notable guests, company executives, business leaders, philanthropists and former ...
Tags: Light Industry, Daily Use, L'oreal
Ryder Canada was recently presented with an Infrastructure Health and Safety Association (IHSA) safety achievement award, for recording an injury rate in its Canadian warehouses that was 25% lower than the industry average for three ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts
A panel of industry leaders gathered at the Ontario Trucking Association conference to address methods to manage generational gaps in the business of trucking. Managing the generation gap in your business, a session that was held on ...
Tags: gap, industry, leader, closing, generational gap
The British Fashion Council announces Mary Katrantzou will join the NEWGEN selection committee for autumn/winter 2014. Mary is the first designer to sit on the panel, who meet to select the designers who will receive support to show at ...
The Mexican truck market often gets overlooked when new technologies are introduced to the industry in other parts of the world. It’s a constant frustration for Laura Mandujano Valdes, director commercial with Transportes Monroy ...
intelloCut, a material planning and optimization software for sewn products (apparel/ leather/ inflatable/ upholstery footwear/ home furnishing/ technical textile ) has announced that Mausmi Ambastha, Co-Founder & Director of intelloCut is ...
Tags: intelloCut, sewn products
The British Fashion Council (BFC) announces London’s brightest emerging menswear talents who will receive NEWGEN MEN, sponsored by TOPMAN, support to showcase their AW14 collections at London Collections: Men (6th- 8th January 2014). ...