Natasha Singer

And if you think about other industries, we don't let big pharma companies like Pfizer or Johnson & Johnson tell high schools what to teach in biology.

Tech companies supply the laptops, the software, the email, the writing apps, the PowerPoint apps, right?

They supply the platforms on which schools run.

And it gives them a unique power to then say, we are the backbone of schools.

We are at the forefront innovation.

And so we're going to tell you what kids need to learn.

No other industry occupies that kind of powerful influence in schools.

And I'm reporting on how some of the same tech companies that pushed for computer science are now pivoting from coding to pushing for AI education and AI tools in schools.

And we see Microsoft just announced an effort to provide $4 billion in AI technology and training to skilled students in schools and community colleges with AI.

Google just announced a $1 billion commitment for a similar AI education effort.

And the crisis rhetoric...

is similar to the coding crusade, right?

The country needs more skilled AI workers to stay competitive, and kids who learn to use AI will get better job opportunities.

Exactly.

So I think we have the opportunity now to proceed more deliberately and think more clearly about what are the things that are most important for kids to learn and not so much what's best for tech companies.

We appreciate it.

Thanks, Michael.

Always great to be with you.