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Weekly roundup: State budget proposal add funds for new teachers, OCDE steps up efforts to curb hate incidents, and more

January 17, 2020

Gov. Gavin Newsom revealed a proposed budget for next fiscal year that anticipates nearly $4 billion more in revenue for K-12 schools and community colleges. An analysis of the budget proposal by EdSource sh... Read More

Santa Ana Unified teacher again a finalist for Grammy educator award

Fermin Leal

January 9, 2020

A music teacher from the Santa Ana Unified School District was named one of 10 finalists nationwide for the 2020 Grammy Music Educator Award, presented by The Recording Academy and the Grammy Museum. Victor ... Read More

Poet Laureate to speak in OC as part of Creative Edge Lecture series

Ian Hanigan

January 7, 2020

Author and performer Joy Harjo, who was recently named the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States, has been announced as the featured speaker at next month's 11th annual Creative Edge Lecture. Harjo’s prese... Read More

county superintendent hugs a teacher of the year

Year in review: 10 notable OCDE Newsroom stories from 2019

Fermin Leal

December 26, 2019

Now that the year is nearly over, it's time to look back on the most read and most notable OCDE Newsroom posts for 2019. They included articles that celebrated kindness and academic achievement, along with thos... Read More

Weekly roundup: Curriculum helps students identify ‘fake news,’ new Dashboard results released, and more

Fermin Leal

December 13, 2019

A group of Stanford researchers has developed a free online curriculum called Civic Online Reasoning, or COR, designed to help students tell the difference between reliable and fake information on the internet.... Read More

VIDEO: OC Pathways Showcase promotes business, education partnerships

Fermin Leal

December 4, 2019

Orange County businesses learned how they can help equip students for careers transformed by automation, artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies at the fifth annual OC Pathways Showcase held Tue... Read More

Weekly roundup: Student uses engineering skills to build prosthetics, high school to offer healthcare curriculum, and more

Fermin Leal

November 22, 2019

At San Juan Hills High School, senior Ashlynn Mathews isn’t using her new engineering skills learned at her building trades class to design a building. Instead, she's designing and printing prosthetic hands and... Read More

OC esports federation supported by OCDE is honored as a public-private partnership

Ian Hanigan

November 21, 2019

An esports league that started in Orange County before expanding into a national federation has been honored as a model public-private partnership by the Orange County Business Council. Funded by the Samueli... Read More

Weekly roundup: Irvine students launch nonprofit musician program, top teachers honored, and more

Fermin Leal

November 8, 2019

Two Portola High School students wanted to start a club for musicians at their Irvine campus. But they also wanted to contribute more to their community. The Daily Pilot this week featured how Justin Pai, no... Read More

Weekly roundup: Teachers learn about deep sea exploration, Unity Day in Capo, and more

Fermin Leal

October 25, 2019

More than 100 educators from across California, including more than a dozen from Orange County, visited San Pedro’s AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles earlier this week to learn from famed ocean explorer Dr. Ro... Read More

Weekly roundup: State budget proposal add funds for new teachers, OCDE steps up efforts to curb hate incidents, and more

Santa Ana Unified teacher again a finalist for Grammy educator award

Poet Laureate to speak in OC as part of Creative Edge Lecture series

Year in review: 10 notable OCDE Newsroom stories from 2019

Weekly roundup: Curriculum helps students identify ‘fake news,’ new Dashboard results released, and more

VIDEO: OC Pathways Showcase promotes business, education partnerships

Weekly roundup: Student uses engineering skills to build prosthetics, high school to offer healthcare curriculum, and more

OC esports federation supported by OCDE is honored as a public-private partnership

Weekly roundup: Irvine students launch nonprofit musician program, top teachers honored, and more

Weekly roundup: Teachers learn about deep sea exploration, Unity Day in Capo, and more

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OCDE in 30 Seconds: IT team keeps district computers running with backup servers

OCDE in 30: Does your school have an Academic Pentathlon team?

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

OCDE in 30 Seconds: Deaf and Hard of Hearing

OCDE in 30 Seconds: Services for Language Learners unit offers resources and guidance

OCDE in 30 Seconds: OCDE provides services for infants with hearing loss

OCDE in 30 Seconds: Resources and networking opportunities available to OC families

OCDE in 30 Seconds: Career technical education offers STEM opportunities for all students

OCDE in 30 Seconds: PAL program built on the philosophy of students helping students

OCDE in 30 Seconds: Friday Night Live empowers youth to be leaders in their communities

OCDE in 30 Seconds: Credential and Fingerprinting Services

OCDE in 30 Seconds: The OCDE print shop makes business cards, books, brochures and more

OCDE in 30 Seconds: Nutrition programs focus on ‘the whole child’

OCDE in 30 Seconds: Now in its 40th year, the VSA Festival is ‘Soaring to Greater Heights’

OCDE in 30 Seconds: Looking for meeting space? ‘We’ve got you covered’

OCDE in 30 Seconds: Here’s a little known fact about OCDE’s Business Services division

OCDE in 30 Seconds: A traveling scientist from Inside the Outdoors brings a guest

OCDE in 30 Seconds: A quick look at the National History Day program

OCDE in 30 Seconds: IT division supports the technology needs of Orange County schools

OCDE in 30 Seconds: A brief look at the ‘Move More Eat Healthy’ program

OCDE in 30 Seconds: We break down the Orange County Academic Decathlon in half a minute