Backing the builders closest to America’s learners with the AWS Education Equity Initiative

This article highlights how the AWS Education Equity Initiative empowers social enterprises and nonprofits to build scalable digital learning solutions for underserved learners across the United States.

• Black Girls Do Engineer uses AWS to track STEM learner records at scale and deliver virtual training to 7,000+ girls, targeting 25,000 by 2030
• American Access Institute's Catapult platform on AWS provides career guidance and matching for foster youth and vulnerable populations using Amazon SageMaker AI
• Play With ASL, a Deaf-owned edtech company, delivers gamified ASL learning with real-time multiplayer interaction and personalized experiences via AWS infrastructure
• Edovo operates the largest learning platform for incarcerated people, reaching 1.1 million learners with 130+ million hours of educational content on AWS
• AWS Academy and re/Start programs support higher education and adult skilling across 7,000+ institutions globally

Community-embedded organizations leverage AWS technology to create education solutions tailored to specific learner needs, from STEM pipelines to career pathways and rehabilitation programs.