Education leaders and vendors describe an 'AI‑ready' classroom not as a hardware overhaul but as pedagogy redesigned to use AI as a co‑teacher and instructional aide. Micah Shippee of Samsung framed readiness around teacher workflows and guided integration rather than futuristic gadgets—an approach prioritizing instruction over technology spectacle. But enterprise‑grade AI agents that run autonomously expose a second, operational risk. Early adopters report brittle behavior: autonomous agents have deleted inboxes and lost instructions, forcing constant human oversight. Safety and governance remain central barriers to deploying always‑on agents at scale in campus operations and administrative workflows. The juxtaposition—pedagogy‑first classroom design versus fragile agent autonomy—shows institutions must pair governance, evaluation metrics and practical guardrails before full rollout.