Amazon selects NS4ed as part of the AWS EdStart Community

May 19, 2020. NS4ed LLC, a rising leader in technology-based career and college education services and actionable research, announces its recent selection as a full member of AWS EdStart. As a new member of the Amazon Web Service educational technology startup accelerator, NS4ed will join Amazon’s global community of Ed Tech innovators to develop accessible, scalable services for rural and urban school systems in states across the country.

NS4ed offers state and local educational and workforce entities a unique perspective on gathering market-based information to develop models that yield mission-critical policy change options for communities, states, and their schools. The flagship program, Pathway 2 Careers (P2C), offers a critical bridge between education and industry that can help educators connect with the realities of their local job market. The P2C policy platform provides a flexible framework where educators can explore labor market information and access innovative methods for preparing students for careers. Through the use of straightforward tools, educators can easily identify high-value career destinations for students. These destinations guide the selection of effective resources and materials available within the P2C framework, that can sustain progress on the path to career-readiness http://pathway2careers.com/.

Membership in AWS’s EdStart community will further broadcast NS4ed’s customizable solutions for educators and administrators state- and district-wide. According to Dr. Joseph Goins, CEO of NS4ed, “This is a great opportunity for NS4ed to support new paradigms in the education-to-workplace continuum. We’re excited to be part of AWS’s educational community and anticipate fast growth with ever greater opportunities to serve state and local education agencies nationwide.”

AWS EdStart will provide NS4ed with its array of tools to support technical training, promotional credits, market opportunities, mentorship, and networking. With these tools, NS4ed will build upon its cloud-based platform to bring further innovations, including its customizable career-based math curricula Pathway 2 Algebra and Pathway 2 Geometry.

ABOUT Pathway 2 Careers

Pathway 2 Careers is associated with NS4ed, an educational research and development company dedicated to negotiating services for schools, educators, and private institutions. NS4ed partners with state and local entities to provide research, policy, and practice deliverable’s that yield high value and actionable results. We offer a unique perspective on gathering data and understanding the policy effect and implications for developing models that yield mission-critical change in a community, district, or organization.