Vanessa Arredondo

Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD) staff have reported notable progress among Latino students, but new data presented at the year’s first board meeting show that English learners (especially long-term students) continue to lag far behind their peers ... See more

Berkeley Unified again found itself thrust into the center of a national debate over how to teach the Israel-Palestine conflict in classrooms, after congressional Republicans announced last month that the district is one of three being investigated over c... See more

The Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD) and the Berkeley Federation of Teachers (BFT) have declared an impasse in their contract negotiations, adding to the number of school districts in the Bay Area and California where labor talks have broken down. ... See more

The California School Dashboard results for 2025 are out, and for the first time since its creation nearly a decade ago, no Berkeley Unified student groups are in the red — the lowest academic performance level as measured by the state. Still, significant... See more

Berkeley Unified was one of three school districts named on Monday in a new investigation by Congressional Republicans into claims of antisemitism at K-12 public schools. The press release from the Committee on Education and Workforce, said the investigat... See more