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Help Shape the Future of Education at SXSW EDU 2025 – Cast Your Vote Today!
Community voting for SXSW EDU 2025 is officially open, and your voice matters!
Now through August 24, you can help shape next year’s programming by voting for the sessions you want to see on stage in Austin. This is your opportunity to uplift timely, transformative ideas in education, especially those that push the field forward.

We’re excited to share that our STARI team has submitted a proposal
🎧 Our Session: When Teens Can’t, Won’t & Don’t Read: What We Can Do
“Kids don’t learn basketball by doing worksheets about basketball…” and yet many reading programs rely on isolated drills.
In this live episode of the SERP Stories podcast, we shine a light on a missing strand in the science of reading: student engagement. Join researchers and educators as they explore how identity, agency, and rigor can come together to reignite a love of reading in middle and high school classrooms.
This session isn’t just a conversation. It’s a call to action. Let’s reimagine what it means to teach reading so that every student can find joy, purpose, and success in literacy.
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Thank you for supporting our work, and for helping ensure the SXSW EDU 2026 stage reflects the conversations our field needs now.