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Transforming K-12 education systems to meet the new economic, civic, and cultural demands of our global society requires a modern teacher workforce. Specifically, it requires a teacher workforce with the knowledge, skills, and systems of supports to be successful in student-centered, competency-based, and diverse learning environments. This brief: (1) articulates a future-ready vision for the teaching profession; (2) frames the role state policymakers can play in advancing toward this vision; and (3) describes state policy priorities that can modernize teaching, including: convening a state task force to craft a unifying vision and roadmap; increasing diversity of the educator workforce; preparing teachers for learner-centered, competency-based, equity-oriented education; redesigning teacher licensure and credentialing; and building balanced systems of assessments that enable learner-centered, competency-based, equity-oriented teaching.

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert