A free online camp? UC Berkeley students create a winner
UC Berkeley students Danielle Egan and Saumya Goyal launched Connect-In-Place and were overwhelmed by the response they received.
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Berkeley Unified to pass next year’s budget, with more funding for high-need students
Critics say the budget still does not go far enough to support the district’s most vulnerable learners
Berkeley grieves for Isaac Mitchell, beloved teen killed in shooting
Mitchell, 17, was killed in an Oakland shooting last month. He is remembered as a budding scientist, loyal friend and source of positivity.
School reopening
Mental health crisis will outlast pandemic in Berkeley schools
Health professionals and Berkeley Unified counselors are bracing for a new wave of students needing mental health care when full-time, in-person school returns in the fall.
Parents threaten lawsuit if Berkeley Unified doesn’t fully reopen schools
A letter has been sent to the district by a Southern California law firm that’s represented parent groups across the state in lawsuits over reopening.
Missteps, lack of transparency plagued Berkeley Unified school reopening planning
Blunders did not delay the return to in-person instruction, but the district was less than forthcoming with Berkeleyside throughout the process.
‘We’ve waited for this a long time’: Berkeley students grades 3-8 go back in person to school
On April 12, students in grades 3-5 went back five days per week and middle schoolers began hybrid learning.
Middle and high school students will return to school for a few hours a week
Berkeley Unified and the teachers’ union reached an agreement Tuesday on a hybrid learning schedule.
Coronavirus
Attendance is up in Berkeley schools. Does it mean more learning?
Though attendance is up and there are fewer chronically absent students, some students have missed nearly a year of school.
Berkeley 12- to 15-year-olds line up eagerly for vaccines
Over 150 families showed up at Civic Center Park Thursday. By 3:30 p.m., the clinic had distributed 114 doses and had nearly run out of vaccines for the day.
How Berkeley Unified has begun to spend its COVID-19 funds
The district has allocated $3 million of $16 million in COVID relief money. The money is going toward individual schools, technology replacement, special education assessments and more.
Berkeley Unified seniors will graduate in person this June
The graduation will be split into several ceremonies held at Berkeley High’s stadium June 4-6.
Education Equity
Berkeley High scraps plan to change fall bell schedule
The school district will revert to the long-standing six-period day. Future changes are still on the table.
‘Every waking minute’: The Berkeley educators who went above and beyond this year
Five Berkeley educators nominated by parents and principals for their perseverance and commitment to kids during the pandemic.
What’s changed — and hasn’t — for Berkeley schools a year after George Floyd’s murder
Students and teachers reflect on progress in local schools on the anniversary of George Floyd’s death.
More As, more Fs for Berkeley students
During the fall semester, middle and high school student grades improved overall, but there were also more Ds and Fs.
Beyond the Buses
In 1968, Berkeley Unified integrated all its elementary schools, taking an unprecedented approach. On the 50th anniversary of that move, in a three-part series, Berkeleyside examined that history, its legacy and the equity issues that remain unsolved.
A teacher who looks like me
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.
All together now
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.
A radical decision, an unfinished legacy
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.
UC Berkeley
Cal will auction NFTs of Nobel Prize-winning inventions to fund research
UC Berkeley will receive 85% of the auction price, while 15% will go to Foundation, an Ethereum platform. But the NFT will keep on giving: Cal will receive 10% of the proceeds of any subsequent sale of the NFT.
In brief
Cal remains country’s top public, 4th best university in new rankings
A new national ranking puts UC Berkeley at the top of all public universities in the U.S.
UC Berkeley can’t build new softball complex without more environmental review, judge rules
Residents of Panoramic Hill sued the university to get it to further study the impacts of the $28 million project.
Berkeley issues scathing response to Cal’s long-range plan; calls for it to be redone
UC Berkeley wants to add 12,000 people to its campus in the next 15 years and build 8 million square feet of housing, research space and parking.
Recent stories
Berkeley’s in-person student enrollment in four charts
About 80% of elementary students attended school in person. About 72% of middle and 46% of high school students enrolled in hybrid learning.
Photos: Berkeley seniors celebrate resilience during 13 socially distanced graduations
This year’s seniors walked across a real stage in Jacket Stadium.
‘I lost so much experience’: Berkeley High grads reflect on a pandemic year
Five seniors share their experiences of a year like no other.
Berkeley teachers to get 1% raise and 3.5% one-time bonus next year
Critics say the raise comes at the expenses of direct services to students, while proponents say the raise is barely enough to address the high cost of living in Berkeley.
Community grieves two Berkeley High grads killed in fatal crash
Friends and family remember Ross Schultz and Dixie Lewis, daughter of author Michael Lewis and Tabitha Soren, who died in a crash Tuesday.
Berkeley parents ask for safer streets after fatal crash near Cragmont school
As of this week, police say they still don’t know what caused the May 11 collision, which killed two people.
