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Love eating, resist tweeting, mediocre at rhyming. I report on a variety of topics in San Francisco and the East Bay for KQED, but this is all mine.
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The Berkeley school district overhauled reading instruction. How’s it going?

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By Sara Hossaini Verified, Zac Farber Verified
| Berkeleyside Verified
Sylvia Mendez Elementary students read during class on June 3. Nearly a decade after a landmark class-action lawsuit accused BUSD of failing students with reading disabilities, the district is starting to see evidence that a sweeping overhaul of literacy instruction is taking root. Credit: Beth LaBerge/KQED At the end of the 2025-26 school year, fresh-faced kindergarteners at Sylvia Mendez Elementary School in Berkeley practiced reading using small story books.
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The Berkeley school district overhauled reading instruction. How’s it going?

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By Sara Hossaini Verified
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Uvalde County 1 hour ago Texas Supreme Court rejects lawsuit by survivors of Uvalde school shooting texastribune.org - by Colleen DeGuzman • 1h Twenty students and five teachers accused DPS and Uvalde County of negligence in the delayed response to the deadly 2022 shooting.
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Berkeley Public Schools Overhauled Reading Instruction. How’s It Going?

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By Sara Hossaini Verified
| KQED-TV (San Francisco,CA) Verified
News Home / Education Nine years after a lawsuit spurred a reckoning around literacy education in Berkeley Unified School District, a new curriculum and culture have taken hold. Jun 24, 2026 Students read during class at Sylvia Mendez Elementary School in Berkeley on June 3, 2026. Nearly a decade after a landmark class-action lawsuit accused BUSD of failing students with reading disabilities, the district is starting to see evidence that a sweeping overhaul of literacy instruction is taking root.
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