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OCDE in 30 Seconds: Services for Language Learners provides multilingual and multicultural support

July 25, 2017

When the OCDE Newsroom needs to translate copy from English to Spanish, we know exactly who to turn to — the experts in OCDE’s Services for Language Learners unit. Of course, translation and interpretation s... Read More

Weekly roundup: Trustee area changes, school start dates and more

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July 14, 2017

The Tustin Unified Board of Education this week approved a new district map with five distinct trustee areas, putting that district on track to abandon at-large elections by 2018. According to the Orange Cou... Read More

Weekly roundup: A new state budget, CHOC’s oncology prom, transitional kindergarten and more

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June 30, 2017

Gov. Jerry Brown this week put his signature on a $183 billion budget that increases funding for K-12 schools, after-school programs, early education, child care and teacher recruitment. In fact, the spendin... Read More

Weekly roundup: Dalai Lama visits OC educators, a nurse’s act of kindness, the benefits of diversity and more

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June 23, 2017

Some Anaheim educators and other invited guests were treated to a rare visit this week from the 14th Dalai Lama, who shared his thoughts on kindness, compassion, education and nonviolence at the Island Hotel in... Read More

OCDE mindfulness training project prepares teachers to be role models of stress management

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January 10, 2017

Imagine a classroom where students are not only taught the academic curriculum, but one in which students are taught social and emotional learning skills, like breathing exercises to decrease stress, that will ... Read More

Weekly roundup: Kind wrestling, classified to credentialed, student scientist and more

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January 6, 2017

It's a brand new year, so why not a brand new title for our weekly post of Orange County education stories? Introducing the weekly roundup. A student from Kennedy High School in La Palma who recently cr... Read More

That’s a wrap: The top OCDE Newsroom stories of 2016

Staff reports

December 29, 2016

Before we finish the 2016 chapter, let's flip back through the pages and revisit some of the top Newsroom stories from this year. VIDEO: Student-built Viking ship at Marina High takes its maiden voyage | Marin... Read More

Kindness Korner: A gift that keeps on giving for the mom that does everything

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December 22, 2016

Do you remember that Walt Disney cartoon, Goofy's How to Play Baseball? Essentially, Goofy ends up playing many positions on the baseball field all at the same time -- much like one particular Orange County mom... Read More

Trabuco Hills High School's mock trial team

Trabuco Hills High School wins county mock trial championship

Staff reports

December 19, 2016

The Trabuco Hills High School mock trial team won the Constitutional Rights Foundation’s Orange County High School Mock Trial Competition Saturday and will go on to represent the county at the state finals in M... Read More

In the news: Mock trial, new bikes, new shoes and more

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December 16, 2016

O Orange County education news, O Orange County education news, how lovely is thy roundup. Yep, it's that time of year, when it's completely acceptable to turn anything into a holiday song. And it's that time o... Read More

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