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Berkeley Unified School District, or BUSD, has proposed plans to revise its enrollment policies in an ongoing bid to desegregate its middle schools.
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Frank Worrell is a Trinidadian-American immigrant and professor at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Education.
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The complicated legacy of Alfred Kroeber will no longer be honored on a campus building after UC Berkeley denamed Kroeber Hall, a decision that has drawn both praise and criticism.
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While mental health issues are frequently stigmatized as a symptom of weakness rather than genuine illness, leading professionals and student advocates assert that the emotional toll of 2020 has posed a legitimate threat to our well-being.
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The American Psychological Association, or APA, elected UC Berkeley Graduate School of Education professor Frank Worrell as its 2022 president Nov. 12.
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Three leading UC Berkeley psychologists discussed approaches to coping with the emotional side effects of the coronavirus pandemic in a livestream as a part of a campus virtual conversation series Friday.
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Over the past year, Berkeley High School staff have been meeting with parents and students to review ideas for redesigns to classrooms and teaching styles that aim to end academic achievement disparities between racial and socioeconomic groups.
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Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Wednesday officially replacing current statewide K-12 standardized testing with an assessment aligned to the new Common Core curriculum standards.
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Only 43 percent of SAT test-takers in the class of 2013 met College Board’s standards for college readiness, according to an annual report released Thursday by the organization.
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The California State Assembly is considering a proposal to replace current K-12 standardized testing with the new Common Core testing, which lawmakers hope will improve students’ critical thinking skills.
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