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On Thursday, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill asking the Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission to consider requiring that sexual harassment prevention be taught in California public schools.
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The Berkeley Unified School District Board of Education plans to discuss next week how to accommodate graduating students “left in limbo” after the recent cancellation of the high school exit examination, according to Judy Appel, the board’s president.
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Berkeley Unified School District announced Wednesday the appointment of Sam Pasarow as the new principal of Berkeley High School.
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A school district plan to build portable classrooms at Thousand Oaks Elementary School to address potential overenrollment has been met with backlash from several community members and parents, with some posing a legal challenge against the development.
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All Berkeley Unified School District schools and administrative offices will close Thursday in anticipation of severe weather, including possible flash floods and high winds.
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Berkeley High School students sported pink pins and black T-shirts Monday as part of an anti-sexual harassment campaign orchestrated by a student activist group.
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At a Wednesday meeting, Berkeley school district and labor representatives ended over three years of negotiations with a tentative agreement that establishes the basis for future pay and benefit increases of certain Berkeley employees.
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An 11-year-old student at a Berkeley elementary school contracted whooping cough after cleaning bathrooms as a punishment for alleged bullying.
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In California, the number of high school graduates in 2013 has topped 80 percent for the first time in the state’s history. Dropout rates also fell for the fourth consecutive year, according to a press release from the California Department of Education on Monday. In Berkeley Unified School District, the graduation
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About one year after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Berkeley Unified School District will spend about $2 million on a comprehensive school safety plan.
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