Adult and technical, K-12, and early-childhood education are all finding heightened support from state leaders, policy analysts said at SXSW 2019.

Many students are graduating unprepared for the future. The answer, experts say, is inviting industry into the classroom.

All public high-school students in the state must now receive computer science education before graduation.

Through partnership with IBM, administrators say they're training students in a technology that will soon become a valuable skill for employers.

Gov. Bill Lee says the initiative would bolster the technology workforce and help develop new computer science standards and teacher training.

Funding new programs that provide college pathways and teacher training is hoped to close a gap in the technical workforce.

The course's launch is a testbed for a wider program the tech giant plans to roll out nationwide to support the computer science workforce.

Wisconsin's Janice Mertes says technology in the classroom is much bigger than the devices and digital tools students are using.

When companies can't find the talent they need, it's a failure of the education system, says the CIO of California State University, Sacramento.