Abstract
<jats:p>In the autumn of 2024, The Worthy Educator launched a series of convenings to provide a safe forum for educators to come together and discuss the current state of education in a nonpartisan climate, to build constructive strategies. Beginning with a committed core of veterans serving on our panels, we followed the energy of everyone attending, expanding the frequency of our Town Halls and extending our pool of panelists, moving from an honest assessment of the state of the profession to a call for action, developing an entire advocacy initiative designed to provide support in advocating for what is best for children and for public education. Each panel came together around a focus that was completely unscripted; we never knew the direction they would take the discussion. It proved to be fruitful as both a healthy collision of ideas and the building of consensus, and we hit our high note when we came to the conviction that, in order to reclaim our profession, we need to synthesize everything we are building into a Roadmap: a high-level way forward to true transformation, divesting public education of last-century policies and practices, replacing them with systems and structures that meet the demands of this new age as well as the future still coming into focus. Roadmap 2031 is the culmination of all of these efforts. Having practitioners lead and inform this work is critical because the map in hand has to match the road on the ground, and only real educators doing the real work are in position to chart this course. The Roadmap is free in digital format to educators everywhere, and as a paperback for which we only charge to cover the printing cost. It is our sincere hope that it begins conversations in the halls, classrooms and offices wherever children meet to learn, grow and thrive.</jats:p>