THE Journal: Technological Horizons In Education

THE Journal focuses on providing information and education for senior-level administrators, tech professionals, and innovative educators in K-12 schools and districts. Its goal is to enhance and improve learning through the use of technology. Established in 1972, THE Journal was the first magazine to highlight the role of technology in education. As a top resource, THE Journal serves the needs of administrators, technical experts, and academic leaders in the K-12 education sector.

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Senate Votes to Rescind E-Rate Program Funding Loaner WiFi Hotspots for Schools and Libraries

1 week ago | thejournal.com | Rhea Kelly

The United States Senate has passed a joint resolution to overturn "Addressing the Homework Gap Through the E-Rate Program," a July 2024 expansion to the FCC's E-Rate program that allowed schools and libraries to utilize E-Rate resources to loan out WiFi hotspots to students, school staff, and library patrons who lack internet access at home.
AI Executive Order, AI-Native Learning Platform, Duolingo Goes AI-First: News of the Week (5/9/25) -- THE Journal

1 week ago | thejournal.com

This week on THEJournal.com: executive order on AI education, new AI-native learning platform, and Duolingo goes AI-first.
Identity Has Become a Critical Security Perimeter for Cloud Services

1 week ago | thejournal.com | David Ramel

A new threat landscape report from Fortinet points to new cloud vulnerabilities. According to the company's 2025 Global Threat Landscape Report, while misconfigured cloud storage buckets were once a prime vector for cybersecurity exploits, other cloud missteps are gaining focus. "Cloud services now sit at the center of modern operations, and identity has become one of the most critical security perimeters," said a post exploring the report from the company's FortiGuard Labs.
AWS Enhances AI Offerings with Amazon Nova Premier, Llama 4, Anonymous User Q Business Chatbots

2 weeks ago | thejournal.com | David Ramel

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has made a number of AI updates to maintain its position alongside fellow cloud giants Microsoft and Google. New developments include: the general availability of Amazon Nova Premier, the company's self-described most capable multimodal foundation model for complex tasks; the first models in the new Llama 4 herd of models — Llama 4 Scout 17B and Llama 4 Maverick 17B — are now available fully managed in Amazon Bedrock; and anonymous user access for Q Business.
Meta Introduces Stand-Alone AI App

2 weeks ago | thejournal.com | John K. Waters

Meta Platforms has introduced a stand-alone artificial intelligence app built on its proprietary Llama 4 model, intensifying the competitive race in generative AI alongside OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and xAI. The new "Meta AI" app marks the company's boldest step yet in bringing personalized, conversational AI to the forefront of its ecosystem. It offers users a dedicated experience distinct from the existing AI functions embedded in Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger.
Duolingo Goes AI-First in Push for Scalable Learning

2 weeks ago | thejournal.com | John K. Waters

Back in 2012, Duolingo co-founder Luis von Ahn defied the prevailing wisdom of building desktop-first experiences and pushed his nascent language learning startup onto mobile. A year later, Duolingo was Apple's iPhone App of the Year. Fast forward to 2025, and von Ahn is making another bet. This time, it's on artificial intelligence — and it's potentially even more transformative.
Ed Tech Startup Kira Launches AI-Native Learning Platform

2 weeks ago | thejournal.com | Rhea Kelly

A new K-12 learning platform aims to bring personalized education to every student. Kira, one of the latest ed tech ventures from Andrew Ng, former director of Stanford's AI Lab and co-founder of Coursera and DeepLearning.AI, "integrates artificial intelligence directly into every educational workflow — from lesson planning and instruction to grading, intervention, and reporting," according to a news announcement.
White House Sets Sights on AI Education

2 weeks ago | thejournal.com | Rhea Kelly

A new executive order from President Donald Trump aims to advance America's position in artificial intelligence technology by incorporating AI into education and providing AI training for educators.
AI & Math Anxiety, Adaptive Learning Tool, & Microsoft Cybersecurity: News of the Week (4/25/25) -- THE Journal

3 weeks ago | thejournal.com

This week on THEJournal.com: AI's role in reduction math anxiety, new adaptive learning solution, and Microsoft security advancements.
Data Privacy a Top Concern as Orgs Scale Up AI Agents

3 weeks ago | thejournal.com | David Ramel

As organizations race to integrate AI agents into their cloud operations and workflows, they face a crucial reality: while enthusiasm is high, major adoption barriers remain, according to a new Cloudera report. Chief among them is the challenge of safeguarding sensitive data.