Pilot 2020 Vision projects announced
Photo: BUSD By Deirdre Nurre A second special joint meeting between the Berkeley School Board and the Berkeley City Council will be held tonight at 6 p.m. in the council chambers. They’ll discuss the...
View ArticleBerkeleyside interview: Mayor Tom Bates
Mayor Bates: “People will need to start contributing” Mayor Bates: “People will need to start contributing” A couple of items distinguish Mayor Tom Bates’ office from the municipal run of the mill....
View ArticleSchool Board candidates respond to key questions
Old City Hall, where the school board meets Berkeleyside recently sent all the candidates for the School Board a set of questions, partly based on the suggestions our readers provided. Six candidates...
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2020 Vision symposium highlights progress in Berkeley
A packed cafeteria at the 2020 Vision Symposium, Oct. 11, Longfellow Middle School, Berkeley, CA. Photo: Emilie Raguso Last week, more than 100 community members, educators and city and school...
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Mobile asthma clinic makes its debut at Berkeley school
Outside the Breathmobile at Malcolm X Elementary School, Oct. 18, 2012. Photo: Emilie Raguso A mobile asthma clinic designed to keep kids in school and out of the hospital debuted Thursday at Malcolm X...
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Alcohol, marijuana use decline in Berkeley schools
Berkeley students continue to report higher rates of marijuana use than the most recent statewide average that’s available, according to the 2012 California Healthy Kids Survey. District staff said...
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2020 Vision: Skills improve, absences down, gap remains
The Berkeley Unified School District showed improvements in student reading proficiency by third grade between spring 2012 and 2013. (Click to see the full report.) Image: 2020 Vision A citywide...
View ArticleOp-ed: The 2020 Vision and the next election: Is the goal in sight?
What evidence do we have that the 2020 Vision for equitable outcomes in Berkeley schools will reach its goal by the year 2020? The photo, left, shows 10 members of the 2020 generation when they were in...
View ArticleBridge Program helps narrow Berkeley’s achievement gap
Graduating seniors from Berkeley High School’s Bridge Program (L to R): Raejean Hightower, Ryen Deloatch, Carl (Neal) Edwards Joshua Butler, Zierre Robinson, Armando Maravilla, Labria Young, and...
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Rent Board commissioner Alejandro Soto-Vigil challenges 22-year incumbent...
Alejandro Soto-Vigil hopes to beat incumbent Linda Maio for the Berkeley City Council’s District 1 seat. Photo courtesy of Soto-Vigil Alejandro Soto-Vigil hopes to beat incumbent Linda Maio for the...
View ArticleOp-ed: How can you help Berkeley youth qualify for a good career?
Berkeley can certainly take pride in the remarkable rise in our local high school graduation rate, but we still fall far short of what’s needed to assure equal opportunity for all students, especially...
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10 years later, progress made on 2020 Vision goals, but big gaps remain
The Berkeley City Council heard an update on the educational equity plan this week, learning about what has worked and what still needs to be done.
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