AWS Cloud for K12
Streamline IT operations, save money, and keep student information safe in the AWS Cloud.
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Educational institutions of all types can leverage the AWS Cloud to access scalable and cost-effective computing resources, storage, and services that enable seamless collaboration, remote learning, and support for research and data-intensive workloads, while benefiting from enhanced security, disaster recovery, and access to cutting-edge technologies.
AWS Cloud services allow institutions to optimize resource utilization, foster innovation, and contribute to environmental sustainability through efficient cloud infrastructure. All of these efforts can better improve the learning environment, benefiting teachers, students, and administrators.
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Explore K-12 solutions
Explore popular primary and secondary education solutions or browse all solutions in the AWS Solutions Library.
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Featured solutions
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Solutions by use case
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Solutions by use case
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Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
High-performing, protected ERP systems that remove the need for manual patching and access management. Teachers and staff can focus on their students’ education experience rather than system maintenance.
Data Modernization
Reduce expenditures on data centers and support staff while establishing a cost-effective and scalable approach to modern data analytics.
Remote & Virtual Learning
Connect students and teachers with virtual learning content, resources, assignments, and progress indicators.
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How AWS can help K12 organizations
Modernize your infrastructure
Build a flexible, protected, and agile infrastructure with the AWS Cloud.
- Scale up and down as needed to make sure your applications are highly available
- Leverage the latest technologies to innovate without having to maintain servers and physical infrastructure
- Increase speed and agility with simple, repeatable, non-invasive testing
- Eliminate technical debt and reduce costs by only paying for what you need
Improve the student experience
Improve student experience and outcomes with innovative tools and capabilities.
- Provide secure access to desktops and applications, 24/7, from any device
- Access capacity as needed and lower costs with pay-as-you-go pricing
- Add or remove IT resources easily, with availability in minutes
- Share data seamlessly across platforms to get a comprehensive view of student performance and uncover insights
Strengthen your security posture
- Support for 98 security standards and compliance certifications, including the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
- Improve resiliency with reliable, scalable, and secure data storage
- Minimize downtime and data loss with fast, reliable disaster recovery and security services
- Simplify attestations for cybersecurity insurance
Loudoun County Public Schools modernizes its IT infrastructure ›
“All the things we wanted to do—backup, integration, security—AWS checked all the boxes for us. Other providers were saying things like ‘it’s on the roadmap’ or ‘coming soon,’ and AWS already had the capabilities we needed.”
— Aaron Smith
Director of Infrastructure, Loudoun County Public Schools
Loudoun County Public Schools modernizes its IT infrastructure ›
“All the things we wanted to do—backup, integration, security—AWS checked all the boxes for us. Other providers were saying things like ‘it’s on the roadmap’ or ‘coming soon,’ and AWS already had the capabilities we needed.”
— Aaron Smith
Director of Infrastructure, Loudoun County Public Schools
Resources
Explore guides, webinars, blogs, and more for K12 organizations to improve security, save money, analyze data, and provide equitable access to learning resources.
AWS Cloud Training and Certification
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Work with an AWS Partner
Looking for support for building or deploying solutions in the cloud? AWS Education Competency Partners are trusted technology providers and consulting experts that offer schools and districts a wide variety of cloud-based solutions.
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Teaching and learning partners
Through software, content, professional development, open integrations, and an amazing user community, the Instructure Learning Platform makes edtech more personal and student success more equitable.
Blackboard, now a part of Anthology, helps K12 institutions and districts transform classes into interactive online experiences, reach every parent and student on their own terms, and more, ultimately allowing for the best educational experience for every student.
Remind is a classroom messaging app that reaches students and parents where they are.
Slalom is a modern consulting firm focused on strategy, technology, and business transformation. In over 35 markets across the US and around the world, Slalom's teams have autonomy to move fast and do what's right.
Solodev builds amazing, secure, feature-rich websites and web experiences for education.
Gaggle’s mission is to ensure the safety and well-being of students and schools by leveraging people and technology. Their vision is that all schools are safe and all students get the mental and emotional help they need.
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Administrative and operations partners
A Cloud Guru's on-demand, online education enables engineers to work together to design, develop, and deploy cloud applications.
Splunk helps educational institutions gain insights they could not before.
D2L makes learning experiences better. The company’s cloud-based platform is easy to use, flexible, and smart.
Schoology brings together the best K12 learning management system with assessment management to improve student learning.
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Cybersecurity partners
With CrowdStrike, customers benefit from better protection, better performance and immediate time-to-value delivered by the cloud-native Falcon platform.
Cohesity offers multiple services consolidated on one multicloud data platform: backup and recovery, disaster recovery, copy data management, and data compliance, security, and analytics.
Presidio is a leading IT services and solutions provider that helps customers connect IT of today to IT of tomorrow. Their deep technology expertise across cloud, security, modern IT infrastructure and networking help customers accelerate time-to-outcome via agile digital platforms.
Veeam is a leader in backup solutions that deliver Cloud Data Management™. Veeam provides a single platform for modernizing backup, accelerating hybrid cloud and securing your data.
Symantec automates core security controls for AWS workloads, enabling business agility, risk reduction, and cost savings for organizations, while easing DevOps and administrative burdens.
SentinelOne is the only platform that defends every endpoint against every type of attack, at every stage in the threat lifecycle.
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Data and analytics partners
Snowflake has reinvented the data warehouse, building a new enterprise-class SQL data warehouse designed from the ground up for the cloud and today’s data.
Tableau and AWS provide an end-to-end data and analytics platform in the cloud. Install Tableau Server to provide a full analytics platform that can enable every organization to find insight.
Cedar Labs provides local and state education agencies and software providers with seamless, secure data interoperability across all software systems.
Schoology brings together the best K-12 learning management system with assessment management to improve student learning.
Innive offers scalable framework delivered by experts to create visibility into your organization’s strengths and challenge, putting both business and IT on a level playing field.
Education Analytics is a mission-driven non-profit using data and analytics to improve outcomes for students and the education system.
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Essential systems partners
Built for K12 human resources, finance and payroll, Frontline’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) software makes exceptional organizational management a reality.
Through software, content, professional development, open integrations, and an amazing user community, The Instructure Learning Platform makes edtech more personal and student success more equitable.
Blackboard Learn is a full-featured learning management system that brings online education to students.
Schoology brings together the best K-12 learning management system with assessment management to improve student learning.
Edupoint’s range of solutions offer the power, flexibility, and scalability needed by districts serving large and diverse populations and provide a foundation for promoting student achievement.
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