State Farm, the insurance and financial services company, has posted a story on its Good Neighbors website featuring two enterprising Orange County students who started their own schoolwide recycling initiative with help from OCDE’s Inside the Outdoors program. [...]
Back in March, the Newsroom previewed the 39th Annual VSA Festival, which represents a partnership between OCDE and the arts organization known as VSA California.
Well, the all-day festival took place this past Saturday, drawing thousands of participants and spectators to Westfield MainPlace in Santa Ana. [...]
Renowned author, historian, curator and critic Sarah Lewis will be the featured speaker at the sixth annual Creative Edge Lecture Tuesday, April 21 at the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall.
“Breakthrough! What We All Can Learn From The World’s Greatest Innovators” starts at 9:30 a.m., and tickets are available to the public at $35 each. [...]
Chris Corliss wants kids to move more and eat healthy.
And that’s precisely why he started the Orange County Department of Education’s Move More Eat Healthy at School initiative, which aims to make both choices a little easier for students across the county. [...]
With support from the Orange County Department of Education, the Ocean View School District has been granted an attendance credit by the state that will restore approximately $800,000 worth of potentially lost general fund revenue for the 2015-16 fiscal year. [...]
Last week, high school teachers from core subjects including history, math, science and English gathered with their counterparts in career technical education for three days of intense research and collaboration at National University.
The group’s mission? To develop new secondary courses that combine real-world technical training with core academic subjects and meet UC and CSU admissions requirements. [...]
Closing the rigor gap, increasing graduation rates, reducing college remediation and fortifying the American workforce will be the focus of a special conference for Orange County educators next month.
Hosted by the Orange County Department of Education and Superintendent of Schools Dr. Al Mijares, “Equipping an Emerging Generation” will feature presentations by renowned academic experts Michael Fullan and Trevor Packer. The conference will be held from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 19 at the Hyatt Regency Orange County. [...]
In all, hundreds of young scholars from 66 campuses competed in the state contest, which was held March 19 through March 22 in Sacramento.
Woodbridge High School was the top performer locally, finishing eighth overall with 50924.7 points. [...]
Orange County administrators and other educational leaders are invited to attend a conference on Multi-Tiered Systems of Support, or MTSS, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, April 15.
You might not have heard of MTSS, but the term is becoming more familiar among educators throughout the state. Essentially, it’s a comprehensive framework that schools are using to address each student’s academic, behavioral and social-emotional needs, and it relies on staff collaboration and data-driven decision-making. [...]
A quick check of the calendar reveals today is the first day of spring. It’s also International Day of Happiness, as well as a Friday – is that redundant? – and we’ve got a quick recap of the week’s local education news.
Click through for links to recent articles about OC schools.