ZINC - Key Persons
Matt Bardin, Zinc's founder and CEO, graduated from Princeton University in 1987. Matt taught at public secondary schools in New York and was a founding director of Teach for America. Matt founded Zinc Educational Services (formerly Veritas Tutors & Test Prep) in 2001 to raise test scores by fostering REAL learning.
Matt is the author of Zen in the Art of the SAT and the host of REAL Learning Radio on SiriusXM. While he continues to tutor students all over the world, Matt also founded and leads Zinc Learning Labs, a web app that improves students' vocabulary and reading comprehension. Zinc Learning Labs recently integrated into the digital platform of a major curriculum publisher for use in thousands of middle and high schools all over the United States.