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Berkeley High’s long decline in math, English proficiency

March 22, 2012 3:00 pm by Tracey Taylor

Did you know Berkeley High students as a whole are less ready for college math and college English than other students in Alameda or California? This is one of the many alarming facts contained in a report prepared by Berkeley High in anticipation of a school visit by the WASC accrediting team on March 19-21.

So says public education advocate Priscilla Myrick writing in our recently launched Opinionator section.

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  • Anonymous

    If the goal was just to change some then the easiest way to do that is through fraud; just change them and declare victory.  I’m not being facetious here, the district’s policies are functionally equivalent to that in many ways.  I was under the impression though that people genuinely cared that yet another generation of black youth is being pushed out in to the world with no skills, no future, and completely unprepared to make a meaningful contribution to society.

  • Charles_Siegel

    I agree that it would be better to post opinionator pieces on the front page.  They tend to be ignored if they are buried on a separate page. 

    I don’t see any benefit to posting a trailer on the front page and the opinionator piece on a separate page, rather than just posting the opinionator piece on the front page.

  • bhs alum

    SAT scores are not a result of the school population as a whole. Usually on kids in  AP classes and being track toward colleges already take the SAT. BHS also has huge problem with the disproportionate amount of minority students who do not go to college, and the amount of students attending top universities. It makes me very sad.

  • Jdavia

    i never understood how folks get so hot and bothered in the commentsections– its not called ‘arguments’ lmao

  • http://www.davosnewbies.com lknobel

    We could do that, but we choose not to. We don’t want to muddle news/features with opinion. We’re very committed to our news being non-partisan, and for it to reflect all the relevant viewpoints on an issue. Opinion is something different, so we want to keep it in its own area on Berkeleyside.

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