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Berkeley schools to get help bridging diversity gaps

  • 08-20-2010
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By Doug Oakley/Contra Costa Times

The Berkeley school district plans to hire a supervisor charged with closing what officials call the district's widening chasm between its white teachers and administrators and its ethnically and racially diverse students and parents.

The school board approved the move Wednesday night without comment. It had been recommended by a panel of city and school leaders citing "systems changes" needed to close the academic achievement gap between students of color and their white counterparts. (more…)

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