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 [...]
Following an interview with local teacher representatives, the Tennessee Education Association Fund for Children and Public Education (TEA-FCPE), the political action arm of the Tennessee Education Association, has announced its endorsement of Eric Stewart for the Tennessee Senate in District 14. Senate District 14 includes all of Bledsoe, Coffee, Franklin, Grundy, Sequatchie, Van Buren, and [...]
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 [...]