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How Fischer Identity rapidly built a natural-language tool for user permissions queries with AWS

Fischer Identity, a leader in identity and access management (IAM) and identity governance for higher education, partnered with the AWS Product Acceleration education technology (EdTech) team to build a generative AI tool that converts natural language into SQL queries—moving from proof of concept in 5 days and to beta readiness in only 6 months. This post explores how the collaboration produced a text-to-SQL solution that nontechnical security administrators can use to get instant answers.

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Empowering underserved learners with digital skills: Nigeria’s 3MTT program on AWS

Without targeted interventions, many young people transition into adulthood without the skills required by today’s economy. Workforce-oriented skilling has therefore become a critical bridge from exclusion to employability. This post explores how Nigeria’s The Three Million Technical Talent (3MTT) initiative—built on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and supported by the AWS Education Equity Initiative (EEI)—is addressing this challenge by delivering market-relevant digital skills to millions of young people.

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Simplify external SAML identity provider integration with Amazon Cognito user pools using automated metadata extraction

Public sector organizations and technology vendors across industries—from healthcare and education to public safety and citizen services—struggle with complex identity integration requirements when deploying applications across multiple facilities and jurisdictions. This post demonstrates how organizations can eliminate integration delays using an automated metadata extraction solution built on AWS that provides self-service access to Amazon Cognito user pools metadata through a serverless REST API.

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Build your first AI assistant with PartyRock

PartyRock, an Amazon Bedrock playground from Amazon Web Services (AWS), makes creating artificial intelligence (AI) applications simple and engaging—even if you have never written a line of code. With just a few steps, you can build your own AI assistant to help with homework, share with friends, or spark new creative ideas. Read this post to learn more.

Challenger Center modernizes STEM education infrastructure with AWS to reach hundreds of thousands students nationwide

With the support of the AWS Imagine Grant program, which provides both financial and technical support, Challenger Center is revolutionizing its nationwide STEM education delivery by transitioning its proprietary software, SIM3+, to Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud infrastructure. Read this post to learn more.

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Smarter K12 lesson and assessment mapping in education on AWS

In this post, we explore how a graph-based student assessment system powered by AWS services can bring automation, accuracy, and adaptability to the standards-alignment process. With this modern approach, EdTech platforms can deliver scalable, standards-compliant, and personalized learning experiences across K12 learning environments.

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AWS partners with Nashville Innovation Alliance to transform Tennessee’s AI and cloud workforce

AWS is expanding its Skills to Jobs Tech Alliance to Tennessee, which becomes the sixth state in the alliance. Through a strategic collaboration with the Nashville Innovation Alliance, this partnership aims to address middle Tennessee’s growing technology talent demand, with particular emphasis on AI and cloud computing skills, where tech job postings have increased by 35 percent between 2020 and 2023, with an estimated 8,000 open technology positions across the region.

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Generative AI in EdTech: 5 pitfalls to avoid for long-term success

Today’s education technology (EdTech) leaders face intense pressure to “do something with AI.” Fear of missing out has created a mentality where companies rush out AI features without understanding what problems they’re solving for their users. At AWS, we work closely with EdTech leaders navigating the generative AI landscape, and we’ve seen these patterns emerge repeatedly. Based on our experience collaborating with EdTech organizations across the education spectrum, we’ve created a list of five common pitfalls that derail generative AI efforts and the strategic approaches we recommend to avoid them.