NFTE’s latest NEXUS policy brief is “Entrepreneurship Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: How AI Literacy, Entrepreneurial Learning, and Human Skills Can Prepare Students for the Future of Work.”

As generative AI rapidly reshapes education and the workforce, the question for schools is increasingly shifting from whether students will use AI to how we prepare them to use it thoughtfully, critically, and creatively. The brief makes the case that technical AI literacy alone is not enough—young people also need the critical thinking, creativity, communication, adaptability, and entrepreneurial skills to effectively work alongside AI.

Drawing on NFTE’s Next Level Startup: Make AI Your Cofounder program and our partnership with Campus Without Walls, the brief highlights what this can look like in practice: students using AI to develop and test real-world ideas while learning to evaluate AI-generated information, exercise judgment, and strengthen their own problem-solving.

The brief also offers three recommendations for policymakers and education leaders:

- Develop comprehensive AI literacy frameworks that include human and entrepreneurial skills

- Expand experiential and entrepreneurial approaches to AI learning

- Invest in teacher training and professional development so educators can effectively integrate AI into instruction

We hope the brief contributes to the growing conversation about what meaningful AI readiness should look like for young people—and how we can prepare students not simply to use AI, but to lead, innovate, and thrive in an AI-enabled economy.