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January 19, 2023

Special event: Panel discussion with African American superintendents on Saturday, January 21
Hosted by the 21CSLA Alameda Regional Academy, the African American Male Leaders Network (AAMLN) will be holding a special in-person event focusing on career trajectory and the disproportionality of black and brown students in special education.

January 16, 2023

Berkeley Teacher Education Program: Meet the lead team

 BTEP's Lead team

January 9, 2023

University of California campuses to boost early childhood teacher preparation, thanks to new $1.8 million in funding

The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing has awarded $1.5 million to three University of California campuses, bolstering the state’s ability to prepare thousands of newly credentialed teachers to serve another quarter-million children statewide.

California lawmakers and the governor aim to extend Universal Pre-kindergarten (UPK) to all 4-year-olds by 2026. But the scarcity of new teachers has slowed implementation, a snag that Governor Gavin Newsom confronts in his new budget, due out this week.

November 18, 2022

Major educational research consortium honors BSE with full membership

The University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) has awarded institutional membership to the Berkeley School of Education, opening the door to greater collaboration on the promotion and dissemination of research, professional learning, and educational policy. 

UCEA formally welcomed the Berkeley School of Education during its annual convention in Seattle this week. 

November 2, 2022

UCEA Annual Convention 2022

University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) Annual Convention 2022, Nov. 16-19, in Seattle: Berkeley researchers to give talks and formally receive full membership in UCEA

October 31, 2022

California researchers awarded $3 million federal grant to uncover the impact of the pandemic on preK-12 students

The U.S. Department of Education’s Institute for Education Sciences has awarded a $3 million grant to a research team led by the Public Policy Institute of California, UC Berkeley School of Education, UC San Diego, and California Department of Education to conduct a three-year study of pandemic recovery and equitable outcomes across 1,000 preK–12 districts in the state. 

August 22, 2022

California needs to do more to reduce disparities in Universal Transitional Kindergarten, study shows
Black families have gained less access to California Governor Gavin Newsom's ambitious universal prekindergarten program, jeopardizing efforts to reduce disparities in children's early learning, according to a new study from UC Berkeley.
Celebrating PLI's partnership with AileyCamp

The mission of the nationally renowned Principal Leadership Institute (PLI) is to train educational leaders to be grounded in equity, social justice, and efffective teaching that is developmentally and culturally appropriate.

In order to do so, our students must see and feel what that actually looks like. Our longstanding partnership with AileyCamp, begun in 2015, provides that experience.