We are all "math people"—we may just not have had the opportunity to learn math in school the way our brain is naturally designed to learn.

"We must drastically scale up our cyber skills to deliver this future, keep America secure, and ignite the next generation of American innovation," reads a first-of-its-kind government plan released on Monday that aims to meet the growing demand for cybersecurity professionals.

From advances in technology to books being pulled off a classroom shelf, the new year is expected to bring serious challenges to educators, along with battles at the legislative level about how and what should be taught in the classroom.

"Generative AI can be a great tool to boost productivity, but unfortunately, many people, especially teens, are seeing it as a shortcut," said Jack E. Kosakowski, president and CEO of Junior Achievement.