Studiolo Systems Launches Planning and Time Management Web Service for High School...

Studiolo Systems Launches Planning and Time Management Web Service for High School and College Students

StudyRails.com Helps Students Get Organized, Overcome
Procrastination, and Control Online Distractions to Achieve Academic
Success
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(Business Wire)--
Studiolo Systems, the academic achievement company, today launched
StudyRails.com, a web application that helps students improve their
academic performance by optimizing their study habits. StudyRails
combines research-supported strategies for effective studying
including step-by-step, personalized study plans, email and cell phone
study reminders, and the blocking of distracting websites, software
and games during study time.

Dr. Joshua Loewenstein, Ph.D., founder of StudyRails and a Harvard
University and University of Massachusetts trained clinical
psychologist explains, "Students today manage their social lives via
text messaging and online social networks, yet they still manage their
homework via paper and pencil assignment books. With StudyRails, it's
easy for students to automatically plan and update their study
schedules, text in new assignments via cell phone, and gain control of
online distractions such as YouTube and Facebook during study time.
Students in our pilot programs have found StudyRails to be extremely
helpful for staying on track with their assignments."

Poor study habits have a big impact on academic performance.
According to a 2002 study conducted by W.K. O'Brien, eighty to
ninety-five percent of students procrastinate. In a 2007 survey
commissioned by Filemaker Inc., eighty-seven percent of college
students said that improved life skills - such as time management and
being organized - would help them get better grades and forty-seven
percent said that they were not taught the organizational skills
needed to succeed in high school.

StudyRails is the ideal solution for helping students who are
experiencing increased organization and time demands associated with
preparing to apply for college and transitioning to college life.
Students can use StudyRails independently or as part of an existing
learning support program.

Key StudyRails features and benefits include:

-- Provides a step-by-step, personalized study plan to help
students stay on track with their homework assignments. As
students add new information, such as new assignments,
StudyRails automatically recreates their study schedules to
reflect the change.

-- Sends email and cell phone reminders when it's time to study
so students know what they should be doing in the present
moment.

-- Blocks distracting online content during study time including
select web sites, software and games to keep students focused
on their work.

-- Replaces traditional paper and pencil assignment books;
students simply text new assignments to StudyRails via their
cell phone, or add them from any Internet-connected computer.

"Students with good study skills have a great advantage," said Ann
Helmus Ph.D., Founder of Neuropsychology & Education. "By being able
to plan, initiate, and follow through with their homework assignments
they are much more likely to achieve academic success. StudyRails is
exciting because it provides a promising new approach for students to
the challenge of managing their homework."

Pricing

StudyRails.com is a subscription-based service that costs $9.95
per month for individuals. For school and institutional rates, please
contact info@studyrails.com.

About StudyRails

StudyRails.com helps students to consistently produce their best
academic work by optimizing their study skills. StudyRails
incorporates research supported interventions, which include creating
a step-by-step, personalized study plan, sending email and cell phone
reminders when it's time to study, and blocking distracting websites,
software and games during study time. For more information about
StudyRails, visit www.studyrails.com.

Studiolo Systems Inc.
Maria Tricca, 617-939-7223
mtricca@studyrails.com

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