U.S. News & World Report has released its 2027 Best Elementary and Middle Schools rankings, with 29 Orange County campuses earning 31 placements among California’s top 100. The latest rankings reflect student achievement in math and reading, along with socioeconomic factors.
Quick look: A data security breach involving a company contracted by the California Department of Education may have exposed personal information belonging to public school students across the state. Affected families are being notified, and free identity-protection services are available....
For Orange County School of the Arts senior Julian Maya, storytelling is a way to keep family memories and traditions alive.
Now, he’s creating opportunities for other young film students to do the same. Through the Rooted Film Festival, Julian hopes to bring students together to explore their identities and share personal experiences through filmmaking.
Quick look: Nearly six years after the Bond Fire devastated Rancho Soñado, OCDE broke ground on a new $21 million environmental education center that will return Inside the Outdoors to its longtime home in the Santa Ana Mountains. For nearly...
Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer joins County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Stefan Bean on the latest episode of FutureCurrent to discuss e-bike safety, hate incidents, gang prevention and how schools and community agencies can work together to support young people.
Quick look: With California’s 2025–26 legislative session complete, a new slate of education laws is set to reshape areas ranging from artificial intelligence and student data privacy to substitute staffing, English learner reclassification and early math assessments. The deadline has...
Behind the credentials From fingerprints to applications to compliance checks, OCDE's Credentialing team keeps Orange County educators cleared at all...
