Addressing the AI Skills Gap: Ensuring Students Can Use AI in Learning, Careers and Life

Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping the skills students need to succeed — but education systems are still working to define how AI should be integrated into teaching, governance and workforce preparation.

This guide explores how states can embed AI literacy into graduation requirements and workforce policy, how systems can build industry-aligned pathways, and how colleges and K-12 institutions can shift culture, governance and curriculum to support responsible AI integration.

It provides a clear roadmap for building AI readiness from high school through higher education and beyond.