The Berkeley Public Schools Fund is currently seeking classroom volunteers to tutor students and assist teachers.
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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After-school staffing shortages have Berkeley parents scrambling to find care
BUSD is still looking to fill 25 staff vacancies for its after-school program. Over 300 kids are stuck on the waitlist.
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Rain check: Berkeley’s first ‘roller boogie’ rescheduled for this Sunday
The skate party will shut down much of downtown Berkeley from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 25, and feature live DJs and skate lessons.
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Kindergartners who integrated Berkeley schools in 1968 reunite
Classmates at Tilden Primary came together at the grounds of their former elementary school to share memories and reflect on the impact of integration on their lives.
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Plans scrapped for school district operations building but downtown parking garage will still rise
The school district reversed an earlier decision to make a new operations building part of an incoming parking garage structure on Milvia Street.
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Crowden director steps down as music school nears settlement with fired principal
The legal battle of a principal fired after giving vocab test questions involving lobster jokes is close to resolution. The administrator who fired him is leaving her role.
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What you need to know about the money backing Berkeley elections
Who’s spending the most on the city’s elections? How does Berkeley’s public matching fund program work? And other campaign finance essentials.
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5 Berkeley stories of what it means to have your student loans forgiven
A UC Berkeley senior now owes just $138. A Ph.D. student is less scared to graduate. A wood craftsman says his $50,000-plus debt doesn’t feel any smaller.
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Berkeley charter school teacher faces sexual assault allegations in civil lawsuit
Three years ago, a former REALM Charter School teacher was exonerated in criminal court of sexually assaulting a student. Now the student is filing a civil suit.
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Election 2022: Who’s running for school board in Berkeley
Six candidates, including one incumbent, are vying for three seats on the Berkeley Unified school board. Julie Sinai and Ty Alper are not running for re-election.
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‘A little more normal’: Berkeley kids go back to school
At the first day of school in Berkeley on Monday, the specter of the pandemic lingered, but it did not dominate a first day back that, finally, felt pretty normal.
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Meet the 4 new principals chosen to lead Berkeley schools this year
Longfellow Middle School and John Muir, Sylvia Mendez and Rosa Parks elementary schools all have new leaders at the helm for the 2022-23 school year.