Speakers: Caroline James, MAT, MEd

The Right to Read :A Documentary

An Overview

Learn the stories of an activist, a teacher, and two American families who fight to provide our youngest  generation with the most foundational indicator of life-long success: the ability to read. 

Fed up with the bleak reading scores in his own community, activist Kareem Weaver files an NAACP petition  demanding change in Oakland schools' reading curricula. Working with Ms. Causey, a first-grade teacher in the  lowest-performing school, the two go against district mandates to bring in evidence-based literacy tools to see  if they can turn reading scores around. 

Speaker: Caroline James 

 Caroline James, MAT, MEd is a mom of three boys in Fort Worth.  Caroline was a classroom teacher, school administrator and faculty in TCU's school of education.  Caroline is also passionate about the Fort Worth community. She has served as a volunteer at Tarrant Area Foodbank, Trinity Episcopal Church, JLFW additionally Caroline and her husband Mark were foster parents for four years.  Caroline has expertise in curriculum, teacher training and development, department formation and management, annual giving, major gifts, and capital campaigns.