As an independent student newspaper and the paper of record for the city of Berkeley, the Daily Cal has been communicating important updates during this pandemic. Your support is essential to maintaining this coverage.
California’s teacher staffing shortage has impacted schools across the state. Berkeley Unified School District is no different.
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As Berkeley Unified School District prepares for back-to-school season, many teachers have expressed concerns about returning to in-person instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Ana Vasudeo — a local mother, first-generation graduate from Cornell University and strong advocate for closing the achievement gap — is running for the 2020 board of Berkeley Unified School District.
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BUSD unanimously approved two new tax measures be added to the 2020 ballot and ratified the previously tentative contract agreement with the BFT.
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The Berkeley Unified School District and the Berkeley Federation of Teachers announced Wednesday that a tentative agreement had been reached after more than a year of contract negotiations.
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Berkeley High School, or BHS, educators engaged in a “sick-out” strike Monday during another day of negotiations.
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On Wednesday, more than 100 Berkeley educators and community members attended the Berkeley Unified School District, or BUSD, board meeting as a campaign action item amid ongoing negotiations for educator contracts.
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Berkeley teachers continued to stand in solidarity with their striking Oakland counterparts Tuesday morning with walk-in demonstrations at two local K-12 schools, which according to Berkeley Federation of Teachers, or BFT, members, may precede local teachers’ pushes for similar gains.
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At the meeting, the board officialized new positions, instituting Judy Appel as the board president, Beatriz Leyva-Cutler as vice president and Ty Alper as the clerk. The board also heard an update on the 2020 vision for Berkeley’s youth and approved the first interim budget for 2019.
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