AWS Public Sector Blog
Category: Education
Bringing agentic AI into spreadsheets for planning tactical electrical power
Teams from AWS, working with Sentient Industries, brought the power of AI directly into Excel spreadsheets. Logistics officers can now type the device description in Excel and have the power specs retrieved from a knowledge base in Amazon Bedrock. Unlike a chat-based solution, the AI directly loads the data into spreadsheet cells, creating a streamlined and efficient user workflow. The AI meets the users where they are, and this capability is now being commercialized by Sentient. Read this post to learn more.
Seesaw builds AI-powered reading assessment tool to support elementary literacy with AWS
Learn how Seesaw worked with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to build an AI-powered reading assessment tool using Amazon Transcribe, and how it has supported teachers at Vacaville Unified School District (VUSD) in northern California.
Building AI literacy by implementing Amazon PartyRock in educational settings
In this post, we explore how the intuitive interface, collaborative features, and diverse learning modalities of PartyRock make it an ideal tool for educators who want to support AI literacy goals while accommodating different learning styles and technical backgrounds.
Boise State University builds campus-wide AI platform on AWS and cuts per-user costs by 80%
Working with AWS, a three-person Boise State University team built boisestate.ai, a custom AI platform, in just six months. The solution gives the entire campus access to multiple models while cutting per-user costs by more than 80%. Read this post to learn more.
Modernize Moodle LMS with AWS serverless services
In this blog post, you will learn how to deploy and run Moodle using serverless technology on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Coursera and AWS survey reveals how technology leaders navigate cloud and AI transformation
Coursera and AWS surveyed more than 750 technology executives across six countries to understand how organizations are balancing automation, human expertise, and infrastructure modernization as they prepare for an AI-driven future. The survey reveals a clear insight: As organizations move toward AI-driven operations, success begins with the cloud.
AI that listens: Building educator-centered AI tools on AWS
The number of K-12 educators who use artificial intelligence (AI) is growing quickly, with many turning to AI assistants for timely and reliable insights into student performance. By eliminating administrative tasks and simplifying data analysis, these emerging tools enable teachers to focus on what matters most: supporting student growth. In the 2025-26 school year, Otus, a leading K-12 student data and assessment solution, will empower 1,165 administrators and 8,579 educators to maximize outcomes for over 106,000 students with its assistant. Putting AI into everyday practice helps these districts capitalize on the reliable data foundations they already have in place and integrate the information into effective classroom strategies.
How Pearson Clinical Assessments transform school mental health services with AWS
Pearson Clinical Assessments, a leader in psychological and educational testing, saw an opportunity to use cloud technology to transform how clinicians assess and support students. Working with AWS, Pearson developed two solutions: the Digital Assessment Library for Schools (DALS) and Revibe, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered wearable technology designed to enhance focus and attention. The goal was clear: to help time-pressed clinicians work efficiently while still serving each student as an individual.
Transforming digital learning: How EDHEC Business School and Amanote AI are shaping the future of education
EDHEC Business School is transforming their students’ learning experience through an innovative partnership with Amanote AI, powered by AWS. The solution delivers personalized, 24/7 academic support while maintaining high education standards. This collaboration showcases how educational institutions can harness AI to enhance learning while maintaining academic integrity and pedagogical excellence. Read this post to learn more.
Bridging AI and biology: Inside the AWS and NVIDIA Open Data knowledge graph hackathon
Knowledge graphs (KGs) and large language models (LLMs) are transforming biomedical research, but ensuring artificial intelligence (AI) outputs are trustworthy and evidence-based remains challenging. At the recent AWS and NVIDIA Open Data knowledge graph hackathon, teams of researchers tackled this challenge by developing innovative solutions that combine knowledge graphs with graph-based retrieval-augmented generation (GraphRAG). Read this post to learn more.









