Kareem Weaver
Co-founder and executive director of FULCRUM, which partners with stakeholders to improve reading results for students.
Kareem Weaver is the co-founder and executive director of FULCRUM, which partners with stakeholders to improve reading results for students. He is the Oakland NAACP's 2nd vice president and chair of its Education Committee. His advocacy is featured in the upcoming film The Right to Read. Weaver previously served as New Leaders’ executive director of the Western Region and was an award-winning teacher and administrator. He has an undergraduate degree from Morehouse College and a master’s degree in Clinical-Community Psychology from the University of South Carolina. Weaver believes in the potential of all students, the brotherhood of man, and the importance of service above self. His educational heroine, for literacy instruction, is the late Marva Collins.
Kareem Weaver is the co-founder and executive director of FULCRUM (Full and Complete Reading is a Universal Mandate), which is committed to improving literacy rates by engaging school districts, universities, government, community organizations, and parent groups to cultivate excellent reading outcomes for all students.
Weaver was an award-winning teacher and school administrator in Oakland, CA, and Columbia, SC, who consistently led classes and schools to better literacy outcomes. To promote greater change, he then became the executive director of the Western Region for New Leaders, a leadership development organization that supports the professional growth of teachers and their work in schools furthest from equity.
Weaver testified before the Ontario Human Rights Commission on the science of reading and has delivered keynote addresses and presentations at dozens of conferences, including the California Elementary Literacy Conference and the National Summit on Education. His work is featured in the documentary The Right to Read.
Weaver has an undergraduate degree from Morehouse College and a master's degree in Clinical-Community Psychology from the University of South Carolina. He is the Oakland NAACP's 2nd vice president and chair of its Education Committee; a reading fellow at the National Council on Teacher Quality; a member of the New York City Department of Education's Literacy Advisory Council; a member of the California Department of Education's Literacy/Biliteracy Task Force; an adviser to The Path Forward for Teacher Licensure; and adviser to Barksdale Reading Institute's Reading Universe. Weaver believes in the potential of all students, the brotherhood of man, and the importance of service above self. His educational heroine is the late, great Marva Collins.
Kareem Weaver
Co-founder and executive director of FULCRUM, which partners with stakeholders to improve reading results for students.
Kareem Weaver is the co-founder and executive director of FULCRUM, which partners with stakeholders to improve reading results for students. He is the Oakland NAACP's 2nd vice president and chair of its Education Committee. His advocacy is featured in the upcoming film The Right to Read. Weaver previously served as New Leaders’ executive director of the Western Region and was an award-winning teacher and administrator. He has an undergraduate degree from Morehouse College and a master’s degree in Clinical-Community Psychology from the University of South Carolina. Weaver believes in the potential of all students, the brotherhood of man, and the importance of service above self. His educational heroine, for literacy instruction, is the late Marva Collins.
Kareem Weaver is the co-founder and executive director of FULCRUM (Full and Complete Reading is a Universal Mandate), which is committed to improving literacy rates by engaging school districts, universities, government, community organizations, and parent groups to cultivate excellent reading outcomes for all students.
Weaver was an award-winning teacher and school administrator in Oakland, CA, and Columbia, SC, who consistently led classes and schools to better literacy outcomes. To promote greater change, he then became the executive director of the Western Region for New Leaders, a leadership development organization that supports the professional growth of teachers and their work in schools furthest from equity.
Weaver testified before the Ontario Human Rights Commission on the science of reading and has delivered keynote addresses and presentations at dozens of conferences, including the California Elementary Literacy Conference and the National Summit on Education. His work is featured in the documentary The Right to Read.
Weaver has an undergraduate degree from Morehouse College and a master's degree in Clinical-Community Psychology from the University of South Carolina. He is the Oakland NAACP's 2nd vice president and chair of its Education Committee; a reading fellow at the National Council on Teacher Quality; a member of the New York City Department of Education's Literacy Advisory Council; a member of the California Department of Education's Literacy/Biliteracy Task Force; an adviser to The Path Forward for Teacher Licensure; and adviser to Barksdale Reading Institute's Reading Universe. Weaver believes in the potential of all students, the brotherhood of man, and the importance of service above self. His educational heroine is the late, great Marva Collins.