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The Legislature has passed a bill eliminating a 36-year-old council of Montana teachers and administrators.

A bill extending Tennessees private-school voucher program for low-income students in the Hamilton County school district is expected to come before the Tennessee House on Monday.

Norman Public Schools on Friday night announced Matthew Mairet, second grade teacher at Adams Elementary, as the district’s 2023 Teacher of the Year.

(NASHVILLE) Professional Educators of Tennessee Executive Director and CEO J. C. Bowman said, “There are a lot of issues that need to be addressed in school safety. This area deserves more scrutiny. We cannot lose focus that six innocent people lost their lives at the Covenant School in Nashville.” Teaching is not an eight-hour-a-day job. School safety is now on the minds of most educators. But how bad is it?  One safety expert described schools a being unpr...

  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...

Fueled by culture war clashes over gender identity and the teaching of American history, the idea amounts to ‘political suicide,’ some experts say

The Tennessee General Assembly is heading into the final weeks of the first part of the 113th legislative session. JC Bowman, Executive Director of the Professional Educators of Tennessee joined WGNS to talk about two critical pieces of legislation that will be heard. Both pieces of legislation could have a positive impact on Rutherford County School Students and future MTSU students.  One of the subjects focused on academic standards in our schools. Bowman talked to State Representativ...

Rutherford County, TN - A lot of changes are being proposed for schools throughout the state.  Bills dealing with the 3rd Grade Retention rate, School Readiness, and Fast Growth in School Districts will be heard before the General Assembly – all of which could benefit Rutherford County Schools. JC Bowman, Executive Director of the Professional Educators of Tennessee, highlighted one bill that focuses on school safety… Senate Bill 1064 will...

It's a confidential plan that, critics say, could eventually upend local schools in every county in the state.

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