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For such a small town, East Bend sure knows how to ring in the holiday season in style. On Saturday residents gathered at the East Bend Fire Station for the annual Small Town Christmas celebration. There were vats of chicken stew and pinto beans and desserts galore. Organizers for the event said they weren’t sure exactly how many years the Small Town Christmas event has been… Read more »

One of the more remarkable aspects of the bipartisan agreement on a replacement for the No Child Left Behind law, which the House is on course to embrace this week, is the team of authors’ relatively modest level of collective devotion to education policy. This is especially true on the south half of Capitol Hill, which is on the backside of a changing of the guard for House members… Read more »

The family of a WWII veteran in Clemmons received multiple service medals Saturday afternoon. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., presented the medals to the family of Willis Tom Bradshaw at Foxx's office in Clemmons. Bradshaw served as a Seaman Second Class in the U.S. Navy Reserve. He was killed in action in 1942 when the USS Juneau sunk during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. Bradshaw's… Read more »

A veteran of war was honored 73 years after his death. Rep. Virginia Foxx presented the family of Willis Tom Bradshaw with the medals he earned during service in World War II on Saturday in Foxx's Clemmons office. Bradshaw was a Seaman Second Class in the U.S. Navy Reserve. He was killed in action on November 13, 1942, when the USS Juneau was sunk during the Naval Battle of… Read more »

Students got a unique perspective on their curriculum with a special guest lecture from Congresswoman Virginia Foxx on Tuesday at the 1924 Courthouse in Newton. Foxx, who represents North Carolina’s Fifth District in the U.S. House of Representatives, spoke to two history and government classes from Catawba Valley Community College and answered a wide range of student and faculty… Read more »

A Government Accountability Office (GAO) study criticized the Department of Education's (ED) performance in overseeing its student loan servicers, the companies it hires to manage and collect the payments of federal student loans. Some 40 million Americans make payments on these loans every month. The November 18 report spelled out the key weaknesses that prevent ED from adequately… Read more »

A top Education Department official was on the defensive Wednesday, responding to a wide range of criticisms from congressional lawmakers and government watchdogs about the department’s management of the federal student aid system. James Runcie, chief operating officer of the Office of Federal Student Aid, which disburses student loans and grants and oversees colleges' participation in… Read more »

Government watchdogs criticized the Office of Federal Student Aid, in charge of managing more than $1 trillion in federal student loans and grants, for inadequate communications with borrowers, colleges and loan servicing companies, raising questions from lawmakers about the division's ability to continue administering the programs. The Government Accountability Office on Wednesday… Read more »

It started with a single fingerprint in Paris, and now governors from more than half the of the United States of America -- including North Carolina -- are saying they will not accept asylum seekers from Syria, which is arguably the most war-ravaged nation on the planet. The number of governors calling for a close of their state borders to Syrian refugees comprises one Democrat and 26… Read more »

Government watchdogs skewered the financial arm of the Department of Education on Wednesday for sloppy communication with contractors, colleges and borrowers, raising concerns about the division’s ability to manage more than $1 trillion in federal student loans and grants. The aptitude of the Office of Federal Student Aid, which administers all federal loan, grant and work-study… Read more »