Weekly roundup – OCDE Newsroom

Weekly roundup: Students and Marines team up for a clean-up, Irvine is the most desired UC campus, and more

February 15, 2019

Selecting a date with numeric significance, more than two dozen Irvine middle schoolers teamed up with local Marines this week to clean up trash along the San Diego Creek near a senior center. All Irvine sch... Read More

Weekly roundup: Music lab debuts in Anaheim, students build device for space launch, and more

Fermin Leal

February 8, 2019

About 150 students at the Juliette Low School of the Arts in Anaheim are learning music in the elementary school’s newly opened Lang Lang Keys of Inspiration Piano Lab. The Orange County Register featured th... Read More

Weekly roundup: California’s new schools chief, detection dogs in Fullerton, and more

Ian Hanigan

February 1, 2019

California’s new superintendent of public instruction was abandoned by his father and lost his mother to cancer at age 6. But Tony Thurmond, 50, says he found success in school through support from his extended... Read More

Weekly roundup: MLK inspires Anaheim students’ service projects, volunteers scoop up trash in estuary, and more

Fermin Leal

January 25, 2019

Even though it was a school holiday, Anaheim Union High School District students headed to their campus or into the communities Monday for projects that included assisting seniors with their tech gadgets, putti... Read More

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Weekly roundup: Laguna district explores partnership with Irvine Valley College, L.A. teachers strike continues, and more

Ian Hanigan

January 18, 2019

Laguna Beach High School could become the latest campus to offer its students college credits through a partnership with Irvine Valley College. As reported in the Daily Pilot, the Laguna Beach Unified school... Read More

Weekly roundup: Nature preserve celebrates 90th anniversary, proposed state budget boosts school funding, and more

Fermin Leal

January 11, 2019

The Tucker wildlife sanctuary, tucked into the heart of Modjeska Canyon, serves as a living classroom for thousands of students from across Orange County each year. It’s home to three trails, about 90 specie... Read More

Teacher receives award from county superintendent

Yearly roundup: 10 of our top stories for 2018

Fermin Leal

December 28, 2018

Now that it's the end of the year, we wanted to revisit some of our highest read and most notable stories our OCDE Newsroom staff produced in 2018. These stories highlight academic achievement, the spirit of... Read More

Weekly roundup: Suspension trends, school nutrition standards, Lego vandals and more

Ian Hanigan

December 14, 2018

Suspensions in California schools have dropped by nearly 50 percent over the last six years. As EdSource reported this week, new data released by the state Department of Education show the total number of st... Read More

Weekly roundup: OC Pathways cited as success story, Schools Dashboard released, and more

Fermin Leal

December 7, 2018

OC Pathways is one of two pathway programs cited as successes in a new report on the viability of these programs five years after the state provided $500 million to launch them. EdSource wrote about the repo... Read More

Weekly roundup: Grad rates, a middle school entrepreneur, a mobile planetarium and more

Ian Hanigan

November 30, 2018

Orange County’s graduation rate edged up slightly in 2018. Figures released this week by the state Department of Education show that 89.2 percent of the OC students who started high school in 2014 received t... Read More

Weekly roundup: Students and Marines team up for a clean-up, Irvine is the most desired UC campus, and more

Weekly roundup: Music lab debuts in Anaheim, students build device for space launch, and more

Weekly roundup: California’s new schools chief, detection dogs in Fullerton, and more

Weekly roundup: MLK inspires Anaheim students’ service projects, volunteers scoop up trash in estuary, and more

Weekly roundup: Laguna district explores partnership with Irvine Valley College, L.A. teachers strike continues, and more

Weekly roundup: Nature preserve celebrates 90th anniversary, proposed state budget boosts school funding, and more

Yearly roundup: 10 of our top stories for 2018

Weekly roundup: Suspension trends, school nutrition standards, Lego vandals and more

Weekly roundup: OC Pathways cited as success story, Schools Dashboard released, and more

Weekly roundup: Grad rates, a middle school entrepreneur, a mobile planetarium and more

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