Berkeley High crew qualifies five boats for nationals
The longest-running high school rowing program in Northern California heads to the Scholastic Rowing Association of America national championships.
The longest-running high school rowing program in Northern California heads to the Scholastic Rowing Association of America national championships.
More students and staff are testing positive for COVID-19 again due to a surge fueled by omicron subvariants.
Families interested in bilingual English-French education can now start kids in PreK through Grade 2 or wait until middle school.
Parents shared thoughts on vaccination and testing as the school board decided whether to lobby the state legislature over two bills.
Families with medically vulnerable students or relatives are fighting to save the Virtual Academy program, launched last fall.
Berkeleyside analyzed district data to break down how state and federal COVID-19 relief money was spent.
One week into the rule change, Berkeley kids have mostly opted to keep masks on indoors.
The Berkeley Unified School District has not said whether it will act on the change or keep its mask mandate in place.
This is the second lawsuit since 2019 to describe a culture of sexual harassment and unequal treatment in Berkeley High’s custodial department.
A former student had sued the Berkeley school district for negligence after she said she was assaulted in a classroom three years ago.
She won a James Madison Freedom of Information Award for her deep dive into sexual misconduct allegations against a Berkeley High teacher.
Matthew Bissell is no longer allowed to teach in California public schools after a commission permanently revoked his teaching credential.
The Berkeley school board is set in five weeks to make a preliminary call on whether to overhaul how students are assigned a middle school — though further delay is possible.
Incumbent L.K. Monroe and challenger Alysse Castro spoke about school funding, pandemic recovery, and the financial challenges facing local school districts.
Led by Tanisha Walton and UC Berkeley student Skylynn Hayes, Black Girls United is in its first year. The duo hope to expand to more schools.
In 1990, Berkeley High became one of the first schools in the nation to require ethnic studies. With the state following suit earlier this month, BUSD plans to expand ethnic studies to all grade levels.
Ransom, who was shot and killed on I-880 on Friday, was guided by Berkeley mentors and the city’s multicultural spirit.
After years of sexual misconduct complaints, the school district signed a gag order allowing Matthew Bissell to quietly resign.
Mardi Walters resigned as Title IX coordinator in February 2020 after trying to fix how the Berkeley school district handles sexual misconduct. Now she’s speaking publicly for the first time about why she left.
The district attorney’s office has charged Lamar Bursey with two felony counts of making criminal threats against staff members.
Lawmakers approved, and the governor signed, legislation to allow UC Berkeley to admit all the new students it planned to this fall, undoing a judge’s enrollment cap.
Legislators introduced a bill, which may become law as soon as next week, to invalidate a judge’s ruling capping enrollment at 2020-21 levels.
By offering remote learning and a delayed enrollment option, Cal won’t need to cut freshmen and transfer admission.
50 years ago Berkeley voluntarily integrated its schools. Even back then the district recognized that newly diverse classrooms demanded a diverse teaching force. In Part 3 of our deep dive we look at the situation today.
While the universal ninth grade is new, efforts to “redesign” Berkeley High in the name of equity are not. In a special three-part series, Berkeleyside examines the then and now.
Berkeley Unified made history by voluntarily integrating its schools 50 years ago this fall. In a special three-part series, Berkeleyside explores that history and its legacy in a very different present-day Berkeley.
Led by seventh-grader Jayce Cooper, students at Longfellow Middle School chanted pro-choice slogans in a small demonstration on Thursday.
Rubén Aurelio is the second high-level administrator to take a superintendent job at another district next year.
Joaquín Rivera has been on the ACOE board since 2010, and said this will be his last term.
Enikia Ford Morthel has been selected to succeed Brent Stephens, pending official approval May 18.
Sue Britson launched the Step One School on Spruce Street in 1981 as a place for young Berkeley kids to learn through play. Now generations of families are saying goodbye.
BUSD saw a 14% turnover rate last year despite a $3,000 to $6,500 pay increase from Measure E. Next year, half of the district’s physics teachers will be new.
Students and faculty are rallying against class cuts at a time when enrollment has fallen steeply but state funding still flows at pre-pandemic levels.
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