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Ally Markovich
Ally Markovich, who covers the school beat for Berkeleyside, is a former high school English teacher. Her work has appeared in The Oaklandside, The New York Times, Huffington Post and Washington Post, among other publications. You can spot her running on the trails in Tilden Park.
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New superintendent unveils her plan to improve Berkeley schools
After a months-long listening tour, Superintendent Enikia Ford Morthel said the district has “initiative fatigue” and needs data-backed audits of curriculum, starting with literacy.
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UC postdocs, academic researchers went back to work on Monday
Their unions reached a deal with the UC Friday. Two other unions representing student employees are still striking, though they’ve agreed to third-party mediation.
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‘Whose helium? Our helium!’: Striking Cal students slow delivery of gases used in scientific experiments
As the end of the semester nears, striking academic workers’ absence is felt by students and researchers. A small group of picketers are attempting to slow down business as usual.
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Berkeley schools’ ‘pocket forests’ are taking root
Elementary students asked how they could do their part to stop climate change. A year later, their science teacher had an answer: micro-forests.
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See how your Berkeley school did on state tests
An interactive graphic created by CalMatters allows you to see how test scores changed at every Berkeley school through the pandemic — broken down by race, grade and other factors.
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Berkeley students’ reading test scores stable through pandemic, math scores drop 4 points
High schoolers saw the biggest drop in scores. Achievement gaps, still a major crisis, didn’t dramatically worsen as many expected.
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Strikers occupied UC Berkeley chancellor’s office Thursday night, marched on her home Friday morning
About 150 academic workers marched into California Hall Thursday and around 50 stayed overnight, leaving Friday morning.
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UC reaches tentative agreements with postdocs, academic researchers
Two unions representing grad student workers and academic student employees are still in negotiations.
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Missing Link Bicycle Co-Op, a Berkeley institution, is closing up shop
The shop began as an ‘experiment in cooperative ownership’ and has since taught a generation of Berkeleyans how to fix their bikes.
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Candidates backed by teachers union sweep Berkeley school board race
Ka’Dijah Brown, Mike Chang and Jennifer Shanoski were endorsed by the Berkeley Federation of Teachers.
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Support for UC strike in Berkeley swells, bargaining moves slowly
As strike hits one week, UC workers have gained support from city leaders and labor unions.