Amazon to fund introductory and advanced computer science courses in over 130 high schools in New York City

Briefing

February 11, 2019

Briefing	Computer Science Courses – Amazon will fund introductory and advanced computer science courses in more than 130 high schools in New York City Amazon Future Engineer – Program part of Amazon Future Engineer, which aims to expose more than 10 million children to computer science per year, as well as fund computer science courses for underprivileged kids in low-income high schools Support – Includes preparatory lessons, tutorials, professional development for teachers, digital curriculum, and live online support for teachers and students Free Cloud Service – Students will receive free membership to AWS Educate, which offers free Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud service for coding projects
Market Disruption	Up-to-Date, Specialized Skills
Sector	Education, Information Technology
Organization	Amazon.com Inc.
Source	"Amazon to fund computer science classes in more than 130 NYC high schools," Amazon, https://www.amazon.com/; Dellinger, A., "Amazon will provide computer science classes for NYC high schools", Engadget, https://www.engadget.com/; Perez, S., "Amazon to fund computer science classes in over 130 NYC high schools", TechCrunch, https://techcrunch.com/; AcceleratingBiz analysis
Original Publication Date	January 29, 2019

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