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At a low point in U.S. race relations, Black teachers are essential — and at risk

Travis J. Bristol has built his early career at UC Berkeley on research into the experience of Black teachers in America. Schools have made great strides in hiring them, he says, so why are they leaving the classroom in droves?

Students point toward poster paper on the wall during an exercise about the ways to better understand chronic absenteeism among students.

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With high schoolers’ help, UC Berkeley researchers investigate why so many students are chronically absent

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This university alliance is training students to strengthen tribal food, energy and water systems

Students in masks walk across Sproul Plaza a week before fall 2021 classes begin at UC Berkeley.

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Five years after COVID, U.S. university students still lag in key areas, study finds

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Five years after COVID, child care workforce faces new threats, study finds

Equity Leadership Now!: Leading with compassion in polarizing times

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With change coming to Washington, does higher education face a ‘dystopian’ future?

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Bridging divides: from anger and mistrust to belonging — and hope

Headshots of two educators Hilary Walker and Chris Mah side by side

Equity Leadership Now!: Embracing AI literacy in education

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California teachers eager for more environmental learning, but need additional support

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Tutoring at San Quentin helped UC Berkeley’s top senior define his future

Ruth Simmons sits and talks with a person on stage after giving a lecture at UC Berkeley

Berkeley Talks: Ruth Simmons on access and equity in higher education

Dayane Silva smiles as a student prods at her children's book in a school library.

UC Berkeley students combat K-12 book bans by creating their own children’s books

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California voters are deeply worried about political disinformation, IGS Poll finds

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UC Berkeley No.1 U.S. public university in Times Higher Ed rankings

informal portrait of Michelle D. Young, new dead of the UC Berkeley School of Education, standing before a dark, vaguely industrial background

Back to school: In a time of turmoil, U.S. educators seek a ‘new normal’

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