WINCHESTER - Sen. Eric Stewart did more than tell students how the state legislature works when he visited Broadview Elementary Friday morning.
Stewart divided fourth and fifth grade students into their own makeshift legislature, complete with their own “House” and “Senate.” Caucus leadership was decided, votes were taken, and the students even passed legislation creating a [...]
SEN. STEWART PRAISES COMMUNITY COLLEGES
IN HIGHER EDUCATION REFORM
Sen. Eric Stewart, D-Belvidere, helped remove barriers facing Tennessee community college students Thursday in a bill meant to improve higher education and increase the number of state graduates.
The bill calls for community colleges to comprise a separate system in order to streamline class schedules and make it easier [...]
Nashville, TN – Senator Eric Stewart and Tennessee Education Commissioner Dr.
Timothy Webb today announced $6,000 in dropout prevention funding for Tullahoma
City Schools to improve public awareness and combat student dropouts through the
Model Dropout Prevention grant.
“If children are not in school, it’s impossible for them to learn the skills they will need to
be successful college students [...]
Yesterday, SB0083 passed the Tennessee State Senate on a vote of 18 to 13.
While some will say that vote fell along party lines because of its stance on a “prevailing wage” (what some have referred to as a minimum wage), my “no” vote had absolutely nothing to do with a minimum wage but everything to [...]
Just so folks out there will know, I am 100% opposed to a state income tax. It is wrong for hard working Tennesseans, wrong for hard working families, wrong for economic development, and wrong for Tennessee.
We have fallen on some tough budget times in Tennessee, but that doesn’t mean we throw the baby out with [...]
Our country was founded on the banks of rivers and streams. Why? Because those areas had access to water. As our nation grew, communities expanded into areas that didn’t have the same accessibility to a water supply that was needed to thrive and prosper. Today, communities in Tennessee are still facing challenges with the ability to [...]
On Tuesday night, April 29, 2008, I had the opportunity to attend the Child Abuse Awareness Program in McMinnville. The program was held in honor of Child Abuse Awareness Month and was organized by District Attorney Lisa Zavagionnis, the Department of Children’s Services, and the Child Advocacy Center.
This meeting was very informative, very educational, and very, [...]
I come from a long line of educators. My wife is a public school teacher. My mother is a public middle school principal. My father taught and coached in public schools for 18 years. I have aunts and uncles who are teachers.
I know, first hand, several teachers who spend hundreds of their own dollars every [...]
Having served on the Franklin County Commission and having grown up very involved an interested in county and municipal government, I understand first hand how decisions on the state level impact local governments and thereby directly effect local taxpayers. Legislators always have good intentions of making our lives better, our communities safer, and our services better, [...]