Name: How to Bring Back Reading in the Age of Digital Distraction: A Simple Secondary Reading Protocol That Works
Start: 2025-07-17T13:35:00-0500
End: 2025-07-17T14:35:00-0500

Thursday July 17, 2025 1:35pm - 2:35pm CDT

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Our job has never been harder. Students’ achievement depends on fundamental abilities they simply don’t have. When we equip them with the skills to succeed and discover the pleasure of reading, we give them a lifeline to mental agency and freedom. Learn Zinc’s simple strategies for equipping secondary students with the four skills proven to raise comprehension, focus, stamina, and joy in reading.

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Matt Bardin

Founder and CEO, Zinc Learning Labs

Matt Bardin, a nationally recognized educational leader, founded Zinc Learning Labs in 2016 with a singular focus on achieving huge reading growth for secondary students. He started his career as a secondary teacher in New York City Public Schools and contributedto the founding of... Read More →

Leah Sewell

Partnerships and Development, Zinc Learning Labs

Leah Sewell is a former ELA teacher for San Diego Unified School District and partnerships director for College Board’s ELA curriculum. With experience in classroom teaching and instructional leadership, she now works to support the development and implementation of tech-based... Read More →

Thursday July 17, 2025 1:35pm - 2:35pm CDT
Innovate D

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2025 Literacy Connects Us to the World

Matt Bardin

Leah Sewell

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