Driven by the unshakable commitment to ensuring every student in America is given the right to read on time, Jessica Reid Sliwerski is the Founder and CEO of Ignite Reading, a one-on-one, virtual tutoring program delivered in schools across the U.S. To reimagine how students are taught to read in school, Jessica launched Ignite Reading during her time as CEO of Open Up Resources, a national nonprofit that increases equity in education by making high-quality curricula openly accessible to schools and districts. Jessica is an expert on all things literacy.
Sub-specialties:
Literacy, Science of Reading, Equity in Education, High-Dosage Tutoring, Virtual Tutoring, Reading, Entrepreneurship, Education, K12 Education, Elementary Education, Early Education
[SHARE]
Expert DirectLink
-
Ignite Reading: Closing the Gap
LNN [March 6, 2024] -
Reading company’s leaders say program is boosting Little Rock students’ literacy
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette [February 21, 2024] -
Zoom-Based Program Links Young Students With One-on-One Reading Tutors — Right in Their Own Classrooms
The 74 Million [July 12, 2022] -
How to teach kids who flip between book and screen
MIT Technology Review [April 19, 2023] -
Can you teach reading on Zoom?
EdSource [October 21, 2021] -
We got an exclusive look at the pitch deck that edtech startup Ignite! Reading used to raise $10 million
Business Insider [February 9, 2023] -
Virtual tutoring provider raises $10M
Education Week [February 9, 2023] -
Q&A: Teaching kids how to read on Zoom
EdSource [October 17, 2022]















