Page 23 - Professional Educators News Today

The process normally draws little attention but this time around received scrutiny for the inclusion of the word “equity.”

HELENA, Mont. - Gov. Greg Gianforte announced Wednesday he is against including "equity" to the Montana Professional Educator Code of Ethics.

Governor Greg Gianforte called in to KGVO's Montana Morning News show on Wednesday to give an update on his first year in office, and then spoke to listeners.

UPDATE: FEB. 9 AT 1:28 P.M.

Gov. Lee said around $125 million will be used to increase teacher pay rates. Many said the raise ends up being negligible compared to the hours they work.

During the state of the state, Governor Bill Lee announced $200 million to move Tennessee schools out of flood plains.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee still needs to get his new education funding formula proposal through the legislature.

While professional groups are seeing fewer people become teachers, some schools said more students are studying to teach.

"For a local district, its impossible to talk about school funding without talking about the local funding decisions."

OPINION by Rep. Mike Sparks (R)Tennessee voters spoke loud and clear last November when they overwhelmingly elected Republicans to represent them at every level. I’m extremely proud that Republicans in the Tennessee General Assembly have delivered on the promise to uphold conservative values, increase economic opportunities, improve public safety and strengthen education. We still have much work to do and we will continue to work to address these priorities during this upcoming legisla...