Jc Bowman News Today

Crisis in the Classroom and FOX Nashville are set to break down Tennessee's push for universal school choice Wednesday night.

Midterms are coming up soon for students across Tennessee.Some of them are already repeating a grade after the new third grade retention lawwent into effect.Bu

(MURFREESBORO) Teaching is one of the most honorable professions a person can choose. However, society does not always treat it as such. Often, we do not treat each other honorably within the profession. Teaching is being devalued by stakeholders and policymakers for various reasons causing diminishing respect for our profession. Teachers are on the frontlines of parental dissatisfaction with the system and are often made scapegoats by people who have lost trust in the system. This lack...

Starting July 1, there will be a new woman in charge of education in Tennessee. Her name is Lizzette Gonzalez Reynolds.

(NASHVILLE) Professional Educators of Tennessee’s Executive Director J. C. Bowman said, “Children cannot learn in a classroom where their teachers spend a significant amount of time dealing with student discipline issues. It can be unsafe for the teacher and the other students and significantly disrupts the learning environment.” Out-of-control behavior by some students is driving teachers out of the profession. In 2021, the Tennessee General Assembly passed the Tea...

  Rutherford County, TN - While the recent school shooting that occurred in Nashville was at a private school, it doesn't diminish the need to take a closer look at school safety. The incident on Monday has raised concerns among parents, law enforcement personnel and elected officials across the state. A bill proposed by State Senator Shane Reeves of Murfreesboro would require every public school in Tennessee to have a School Resource Officer, which some schools in rural areas lack...

Rutherford County, TN - Newly proposed bills in the Tennessee General Assembly would help fund some of the school growth that Rutherford County is experiencing. JC Bowman, Executive Director of the Professional Educators of Tennessee told WGNS News… The Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement bill allows for schools exceeding a 2% growth rate for two-consecutive-years to be eligible for an infrastructure stipend. If the bill passes the House and Senate and receives the Governors s...

Reducing school violence is a national imperative. Frequently school officials and police officials have different perceptions of the role of law enforcement in public education. Policing in an educational setting truly is a unique challenge. Tennessee has historically done a good job ensuring the safety and security of school employees and students. However, we continue to have incidents. The key is to keeps keep vigilant.   There is a consistent threat to students, faculty, and staff,...

(RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN) COMMENTARY: Seemingly every year across the state “collaborative conferencing” gets debated by stakeholders and policymakers.  In Rutherford County schools, this issue is now being debated by educators. The initial training in the principles and techniques of interest-based collaborative problem-solving used in collaborative conferencing was initially to be developed by the Tennessee Organization of School Superintendents (TOSS) in conjunction...

JC Bowman, Executive Director of the Professional Educators of Tennessee told WGNS about the Leader U 2022 Conference that focuses on education being held at MTSU today (Tuesday, 06/07/2022) from 8AM to 4PM.  WGNS' Scott Walker also talked to Bowman about the governor's Executive Order to Enhance School Safety and more...   Bowman released the following statement on Gov. Lee's Executive Order to Enhance School Safety: “We appr...