Does your district have a Cyber Incident Response Plan or playbook for an emergency that blocks access to all school IT infrastructure? -- THE Journal

This is an informal poll meant to gauge the attitudes of THE Journal's readership.

New Microsoft Initiative Aims to Help Move AI Projects from Experimentation to Production

Microsoft has launched Frontier Company, making a $2.5 billion bet that the next competitive battleground in artificial intelligence will not be foundation models, but helping enterprises put those models to work.
Report: Enterprise AI Workloads Are Tipping Toward Private Cloud

Broadcom's 2026 Private Coud Outlook report says enterprise AI is moving from experimentation into production, with private cloud emerging as the preferred deployment environment for AI inference among surveyed organizations.
White House Issues New AI Security Framework

President Donald Trump has launched a new executive order aimed at maintaining United States AI leadership while addressing the security risks posed by increasingly powerful AI systems.
Department of Education Issues New Guidance on Education Technology and Screen Time

In an Aug. 20 Dear Colleague Letter from Kirsten Baesler, assistant secretary of the United States Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, ED outlines new guidance to frame the national conversation around the educational value of technology in schools.