From D.C. to the Future of America’s AI Workforce
Honored to be invited by the
U.S. Department of Labor
to advice on the execution of the
Executive Order 14277 on AI for K-12
When Taylor Stockton, Chief Innovation Officer for the U.S. Department of Labor, invited me, Shilpi Agarwal, Founder and CEO of DataEthics4All Foundation on behalf of Deputy Secretary Keith Sonderling to meet in Washington D.C. to share our perspective on how AI and the future of work will reshape the labor market, I knew this was a conversation DataEthics4Allᵀᴹ Foundation was built for.
For the past 5 years, through our 12 Pillars of Data and AI Ethics, we’ve been preparing middle and high school students – for exactly this moment.
Now, with Executive Order 14277 on AI for K–12 and the Administration’s workforce strategy calling for early AI literacy, ethics integration, and skills-based pathways to good-paying jobs, we are ready to scale what we’ve already proven works:
Our Model in Action:
🔹 Standards-Aligned Curriculum — ISTE, CSTA, College Board
🔹 Designed by former Stanford Adjunct Faculty
🔹 Accessible to all — no hardware required
🔹 Powered by a 300+ industry mentor network (Google, OpenAI, NVIDIA & more)
🔹 Proven partnership with Boys & Girls Clubs of America Shane Sudol Laura Camarena
🔹 Ethics-first approach embedded in every project and pathway
We’ve seen students transform from curious observers to confident AI creators—tackling real challenges from mental health access to algorithmic bias—while building workforce-ready technical and leadership skills.
The nation’s workforce strategy is catching up to what we’ve been championing for years:
Skills. Ethics. Access. Impact.