Aug 6, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min · 10 segments
With the largest population of public school students in the country, and an even larger workforce, California has a lot riding on educating its future workers. Pressed by economic and technological…
Ashish VaidyaGuestVicky BocanegraGuestSujin JezGuestBianca CollinsHostThank you, everybody, for coming.
I see we've got a really full room.
If folks want, there's a few seats left in the front.
Feel free to come in.
It's great to have you all here.
As Bianca said, our question today is a big one.
How will California educate its future workforce? And if you, like me, are thinking, how the hell are we going to answer this question? I want to break it down into two words, education and workforce.
Often we think about these two words in kind of an arrow.
You go to school and school prepares you for work.
It's education and then workforce.
But as many of us know, it doesn't really work that way.
It goes both ways.
It's bidirectional today.
Many folks at all ages are going back to school and employers, as our economy is rapidly changing, are constantly needing to retrain their employees.
It really does go both ways.
That's especially true in the Inland Empire, where we see a lot of rapid economic change.
In today's conversation, we're going to kind of move in order.
So we'll start by talking about education.
then we'll go into workforce, and then we'll maybe share our hopes and dreams about the future.
A few logistical points before we dive in.
We will be taking questions at the end.
If you're here in person, you should see a number on your wristband.
You can text that number for questions.
And if you're online, you can submit your questions on the live chat on YouTube.
All right, I'm going to do a little
Thank you, everybody, for coming.
I see we've got a really full room.
If folks want, there's a few seats left in the front.
Feel free to come in.
It's great to have you all here.
As Bianca said, our question today is a big one.
How will California educate its future workforce? And if you, like me, are thinking, how the hell are we going to answer this question? I want to break it down into two words, education and workforce.
Often we think about these two words in kind of an arrow.
You go to school and school prepares you for work.
It's education and then workforce.
But as many of us know, it doesn't really work that way.
It goes both ways.
It's bidirectional today.
Many folks at all ages are going back to school and employers, as our economy is rapidly changing, are constantly needing to retrain their employees.
It really does go both ways.
That's especially true in the Inland Empire, where we see a lot of rapid economic change.
In today's conversation, we're going to kind of move in order.
So we'll start by talking about education.
then we'll go into workforce, and then we'll maybe share our hopes and dreams about the future.
A few logistical points before we dive in.
We will be taking questions at the end.
If you're here in person, you should see a number on your wristband.
You can text that number for questions.
And if you're online, you can submit your questions on the live chat on YouTube.
All right, I'm going to do a little
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