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JC Bowman

  • Executive Director, Professional Educators and Contributor, Freelance
Franklin, Tennessee
As seen in: The Tennessean, Knoxville News Sentinel, The Commercial Appeal, eSchool News, The Leaf-Chronicle, WTNZ-TV (Knoxville, TN), Longview News-Journal, The Jackson Sun, The Daily News Journal, Johnson City Press and
CEO/Executive Director of Professional Educators of Tennessee @ProEdTN. Passionate about #PK12 education and serving educators. #Tennessee #USMC #Vet #Writer

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Tennessee is not lowering standards for teachers

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By JC Bowman
| The Rogersville Review Verified
Whenever a state changes its teacher licensure requirements, critics are quick to ask the same question: Are we lowering standards? In Tennessee’s case, the answer is no. The Tennessee State Board of Education has approved new rules for teaching licenses. These changes aim to modernize the process of becoming a teacher while ensuring that every educator shows they can teach effectively. The goal is not to make it easier to enter the profession, but to make the pathway smarter and more efficient.
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TN’s teacher licensure reforms are about modernization, not lowering standards

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By JC Bowman
| Overton County News Verified
Teacher Chalkboard from Professional Educators of Tennessee By JC Bowman Whenever a state changes its teacher licensure requirements, critics are quick to ask the same question: Are we lowering standards? In Tennessee’s case, the answer is no. The Tennessee State Board of Education has approved new rules for teaching licenses. These changes aim to modernize the process of becoming a teacher while ensuring that every educator shows they can teach effectively.
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Student Enrollment is an Economic Indicator

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By JC Bowman, Karolyn Marino
| WGNS-FM/AM (Murfreesboro, TN)
By JC Bowman and Karolyn Marino -  Education statistics often show numbers in government reports: enrollment increases in some places, decreases in others, higher spending, and more degrees awarded. However, when we look at these figures together, they tell a bigger story about our economy, workforce, and communities. The connection between education and economic success is increasingly evident.
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Interview

Why did you become a journalist?

I have just kept writing my whole life.

Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?

Yes. Columnist.

Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?

I am an online junkie. Voracious reader.