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Erin Mote discusses the importance of AI literacy as a foundational skill alongside reading and math.

What if AI literacy belonged alongside reading and math as a foundational skill – not tucked inside a computer science elective? That's the case Erin Mote, CEO of InnovateEDU, has been making for years. In this conversation, she gets specific about what it's going to take to actually get there. We dig into the disappearing entry-level job, why middle school may be more important than people think, and what it looks like to reimagine a system built around schooling into one built around learni...

People in this episode

Guest: Erin Mote

Topics covered

• AI literacy
• foundational skills
• education reform
• middle school importance
• job market

Keywords

• AI literacy
• education
• InnovateEDU
• foundational skills
• middle school
• job market
• learning system

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: InnovateEDU

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