Zinc Learning Labs: A fresh, research-backed system to ignite engagement and reading success in your classroom.
Reading in the age of digital distraction? Yes. Zinc makes it possible.
Let’s put Zinc to work in your classroom, school, or district.
The Zinc Approach to Adolescent Literacy
States expect secondary teachers to cover advanced textual analysis… but too few students arrive in middle and high school with the reading skills necessary to comprehend longer and more complex texts.
Zinc bridges the gaps.
Zinc teaches students what to do when they read by coaching them in the four easy-to-apply skills all advanced readers use naturally.
Try Zinc now. Explore Demo Activities.
Enrich Your Classroom Curriculum With Zinc:
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Ignition
After spending just one to two hours on Ignition, Zinc’s auto-leveled “tutoring” program, 30% of students grow by at least one reading level (that’s 1.5 grade levels of growth).
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Lift Off
Lift Off’s AI-powered data gathering fuels a four-week journey that engages students with articles and book excerpts on the topics they choose —all delivered at the right level.
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Flight
Teachers can use Zinc’s multi-week reading programs or pick and choose vocabulary, articles, and close reading experiences to bring their curricula to life and get every student’s hand in the air.
Zinc Teacher Insights:
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“Zinc solved the problems of student fear of big words and boredom with reading. Vocab engages students, and the close reading teaches them how to understand tough reads.”
— Whitney Ann Lewis, SAT/ACT prep, Horry County, SC
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“A lot of my students said that this was the first time someone’s teaching them HOW to read, instead of just telling them to read.”
-Micheala Morris, 10th grade English Teacher, Fresno, CA
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“Our reading scores have been going down. Kids just don’t seem to have the stamina to keep reading. We really liked how Zinc Ignition builds that ability to focus through engaging them in close reading.”
— Shannon Schumacher, Instructional Coach, Campbell County, KY