Key Takeaways

Workforce readiness starts in the classroom. AI literacy needs to be embedded across K–12, career education, and higher education so that it becomes a foundational workplace skill.

Public-private partnership is essential. Governments bring policy frameworks and public trust; the private sector brings technical expertise and scalable platforms.

Salesforce is endorsing the Economy of the Future Commission Act. This bipartisan legislation would establish a cross-sector commission to evaluate AI’s impact on employment and education.

This May, we brought together principals from San Francisco and Oakland middle schools, along with Salesforce executives and leaders from local nonprofit organizations, at Salesforce Tower for a summit celebrating the importance of supporting public education, deepening partnership and learning with school leaders, and navigating the path forward for education in the AI era.