Imperial Valley News Center
Education Secretary King Announces Winners in $200,000 Career and Technical Education Makeover Challenge
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Washington, DC - U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. announced 10 winners in the $200,000 Career and Technical Education (CTE) Makeover Challenge at the Champions of Change for Making event in Washington, D.C. The Challenge called for high schools to create models for transforming classrooms or available spaces in high schools into places where students have access to the tools to design, build, and innovate, ultimately strengthening next-generation career and technical schools.
Advancements in Sickle Cell Disease
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Washington, DC - Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a blood disorder that affects more than 100,000 Americans, mostly within African-American and Hispanic populations. Despite improvements in health, lifespan, and quality of life for patients with SCD over the past decade, many challenges remain for those living with SCD.
2016 Independence Day Celebration in the Nation's Capital
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Washington, DC - The National Park Service will once again host the annual celebration of Independence Day on the National Mall, the nation’s most important civic space and home to more than a dozen memorials that commemorate great Americans and significant events in our nation’s history. Events on the National Mall this year include the Smithsonian Folklife Festival; a concert with the United States Army Band Downrange at the Sylvan Theater on the grounds of the Washington Monument; and one of the largest fireworks displays in the nation.
Supermarket Foodservice Takes On A New Attitude and Style
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Chicago, Illinois - Supermarkets are raising the bar on their foodservice offerings and by doing so are attracting the attention of the coveted Millennials, finds The NPD Group, a leading global information company. Restaurant-quality and fresh food, chef-driven menus, in-store experiences have given rise to the Grocerant and inspiration to Millennials to visit and spend, finds a recently released NPD report, A Generational Study: The Evolution of Eating
U.S. Chamber Calls on Regulators to Ensure Main Street Access to Financial Services Needed to Generate Economic Growth
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Washington, DC - More than three-quarters of American companies of all sizes report that the cumulative effect of financial regulations adopted over the past six years is making it harder for them to access the financial services they need, a new U.S. Chamber of Commerce Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness (CCMC) report released today found.
Secretary of State John Kerry Delivers Remarks at 2016 SelectUSA Investment Summit
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Washington, DC - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will deliver remarks at the 2016 SelectUSA Investment Summit at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, June 21, at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C.
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