Students are heading back to school in the 250th year since our nation’s founding. Unfortunately, many of them may not be aware of what the nation’s founding entailed, as only 22% of eighth-graders in this country are proficient in civics according to the most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress.
These students are aware, however, that the world around them is changing, and that AI will have a profound impact on what they need to know to succeed when they leave the classroom. Asked this month which skills will matter most as artificial intelligence reshapes work, teenagers surveyed by Common Sense Media pointed to working well with others, fact-checking and critical thinking, and making sense of complicated information. Employers have been saying much the same thing for years, with only 18% of business leaders believing entry-level hires are ready for today’s workplace.
