A full-page in the kids’ section of the Sunday New York Times Aug. 26, 2018 was devoted to the opinions and photos of students who were in Lisa Billing’s fourth grade class at Rosa Parks this past June. You can read the students’ ideas on banning trans fats, paying kids to go to school and […]
Superintendent Evans’ Letter to Families on Testing
En español más abajo. April 2, 2015 Dear Berkeley Unified School District Families, This spring all public schools in California are participating in a new statewide student assessment program which includes a new online test, known as the “Smarter Balanced Assessment” (SBA), designed to assess student learning of the Common Core Standards in English Language […]
Black to School Week: Feb. 23-27
We invite all parents/guardians/caretakers of African American children to be an active participant in African American History Month and honor National African American Parent Involvement Day by coming to your child’s classroom during the week of February 23. In collaboration with the Regional Parent Network of the African American Regional Educational Alliances (AAREA) we encourage you […]
New Look to Website
Hope you are enjoying our new website! We are still in the midst of improving our site but could not wait to share the new digital tools we now have in place. For starters, we’ve added a spot for videos and photos, automatic Google translation for visitors preferring a language other than English, a district Google […]
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 […]