This award showcases the benefits of Zinc Learning Labs for students, teachers, schools, and districts. Whether you are new to Zinc or needing to maintain access as SpringBoard winds down, there has never been a better time to make Zinc a resource for your teachers. 

A Love-Based Reading Solution

Zinc Learning Labs is a research-backed system that promotes reading success in secondary classrooms. Offering a selection of reading programs, assessments, and targeted activities, Zinc’s love-driven approach provides students an auto-leveled and self-paced experience. Zinc partners with schools and districts across the country to teach students crucial reading skills and encourage a love of reading.

Award-Winning Excellence with Zinc Learning Labs

In recognition of Zinc’s contribution to education, the College Board presented Zinc with the CEO Breakthrough Award. This special award highlights Zinc’s achievements with teachers, students, and administrators. With Zinc, students learn skills they can apply to every text they read and every test they take.

The award reads as follows: “Zinc Learning Labs has created a fresh, research-backed system to ignite engagement and reading success in secondary classrooms. Zinc's four strategies teach students what to do when they read, making complex texts more accessible, critical thinking more applicable, and classroom conversations more vibrant. Zinc’s unique combination of novel methodology backed by a robust edtech platform that offers differentiation by both reading level and reading interests, makes us hopeful for a brighter future for college-ready reading and secondary learning in general.”

Partnerships with CollegeBoard and SpringBoard

The College Board, often referred to as CollegeBoard, is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to expanding access to higher learning. Founded in 1899, the College Board helps students prepare for college and provides standardized testing for the college admission process. The College Board’s programs include the SAT and SAT Subject Tests, the PSAT/NMSQT, and the Advanced Placement Program.

Zinc Learning Labs has partnered with the College Board and their SpringBoard program to provide access to Zinc for millions of students. Zinc provided real-world articles and texts, crafted Vocabulary Games, and interactive Close Reading Experiences to complement SpringBoard’s curriculum. While with SpringBoard, Zinc not only made it easy for teachers to assign multi-week reading programs, real-world articles and quizzes, vocabulary games, and interactive guided reading, but strengthened reading skills so students could better access SpringBoard’s grade-level content. 

Thank You to Everyone Who Made This Possible!

The team at Zinc is honored to accept the CEO Breakthrough Award. We’re thankful to the College Board and David Coleman for recognizing our hard work and dedication. Above all, we’re thankful for the teachers and students who use Zinc every day, creating stronger readers and building a culture of reading.