Students at three schools — LeConte, Longfellow and Thousand Oaks — last week got to enter the world of a young teen who yearned to break free of the label “Taco Queen,” a name given to her because of her family’s taco truck. The story was presentedt by Jennifer Torres, the Stockton author of Stef […]
BUSD Elementary Students Match Their Literary Judgment Against the Adult Experts
For picking the best children’s book, who do you trust more — adult “experts” or the children themselves? Now you’ll have a chance to compare, thanks to Berkeley elementary school students who’ve enthusiastically jumped at the chance to match their critical tastes against those of the select committee of judges who pick the nation’s most […]
BUSD Elementary Students Match Their Literary Judgment Against the Adult Experts
For picking the best children’s book, who do you trust more — adult “experts” or the children themselves? Now you’ll have a chance to compare, thanks to Berkeley elementary school students who’ve enthusiastically jumped at the chance to match their critical tastes against those of the select committee of judges who pick the nation’s most […]
School Board
The Berkeley Unified School District Board of Education, also called the School Board, is comprised of five elected directors (also called “members”) and two student directors, one chosen from Berkeley High, and the other Berkeley Technology Academy. The School Board represents the public’s voice in public education, providing governance over the school district. The School […]