UC Berkeley Graduate School of Education Tag

Tuesday, April 19, 2022

$5M grant kickstarts CDE’s universal pre-K initiative

Photos of crayons in a elementary school classroom

Universal transitional kindergarten is set to be phased into California’s schooling system throughout the next five years at all public schools by the California Department of Education.

A $5 million grant was awarded by the California Department of Education to the 21st Century California School Leadership Academy, or 21CSLA, State Center, which is headquartered at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Education.
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Learning 2022, Research & Ideas

Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Learning to learn: UC Berkeley instructors discuss best learning practices

Learning is an important and beautiful part of life, and understanding what’s behind it can help individuals become better learners.
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Campus

Monday, February 24, 2020

UC Berkeley assistant professor works to increase diversity in teaching workforce

UC Berkeley Graduate School of Education assistant professor Travis Bristol is working to increase diversity in the teaching workforce within communities of color to match the student populations it teaches.
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State

Wednesday, June 19, 2019

California budget set to raise UC system funding by 6 percent

The budget — which was introduced by Assemblymember Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, in December — will increase the UC system’s funding from about $3.35 billion to roughly $3.55 billion, according to California Legislative Information, if it is approved by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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Notes from the Field

Friday, March 23, 2018

UCLA outranks UC Berkeley for best US graduate school of education

UCLA beat out UC Berkeley significantly, ranking No. 1 in the nation, with graduate school programs at Harvard University and University of Wisconsin—Madison trailing closely behind at No. 2.
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City

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Berkeley High taking action to close academic achievement gap

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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Obituary

Thursday, April 14, 2016

Campus professor of education John Hurst dies at 86

UC Berkeley professor of education John Hurst, a proponent of popular education, died March 22. He was 86.
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Research & Ideas

Thursday, October 29, 2015

Underrepresented-minority voters brought to polls by face time, not Facebook, study says

Researchers studying how to best bring underrepresented-minority voters to the polls have found that new technologies such as texting and social media are not as effective as more personal forms of outreach.
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Obituary

Monday, February 9, 2015

UC Berkeley Graduate School of Education professor emeritus W. Norton Grubb, 67, dies

Norton Grubb, the David Pierpont Gardner Professor in Higher Education Emeritus, passed away Jan. 15 in his sleep while vacationing in Taipei, Taiwan. He was 67.
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Notes from the Field

Thursday, October 3, 2013

Federal student loan defaults on the rise

The national percentage of borrowers who have defaulted on their federal student loans reached its highest level since 1995, according to U.S. Department of Education figures.
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