Weekly roundup: Water district contest winners, celebrating student artists, school agriculture programs, and more Ian Hanigan April 29, 2022How’s this for drip marketing? Students from the Newport-Mesa Unified School District recently earned cash prizes for producing the winning...
With Distinguished School program on hiatus, state hands out awards for innovative practices Ian Hanigan April 27, 2022Nearly 150 schools and 15 districts in Orange County have been announced as winners of a new state award celebrating...
OC students outpace state in latest performance assessments that reflect pandemic’s impact Nichole Pichardo January 7, 2022Orange County’s public school students continued to outpace the state in the latest round of standardized tests, according to assessment...
OC campuses are ranked among the ‘Best High Schools’ in latest U.S. News rundown Ian Hanigan May 5, 2021U.S. News & World Report has ranked nearly 18,000 public high schools based on their state assessments and how well...
U.S. Department of Education approves California’s school assessment plan Ian Hanigan April 8, 2021The U.S. Department of Education will allow California to temporarily decouple state assessments from federal testing and accountability requirements, granting...
Weekly roundup: Students raise over $137K for cancer research; SAUSD honored for building preservation; and more Ian Hanigan April 2, 2021A team of students from Newport Harbor and Corona del Mar high schools leveraged marketing, entrepreneurship and project management to...
State Board of Education seeks additional testing flexibility for schools Ian Hanigan March 17, 2021The state Board of Education is looking to give California school districts expanded options for assessing student learning this spring...
Weekly roundup: OCDE and partners unveil mental health toolbox, teacher pens acclaimed novel, and more Ian Hanigan February 12, 2021Seeking to buffer some of the pandemic’s impact on children and teens, the Orange County Department of Education has collaborated...
COVID-19 updates from 2021 Staff reports January 29, 2021Below is our running COVID-19 digest for 2021, with older stories posted at the bottom of the page. For the...
COVID-19 updates from 2020 Staff reports December 31, 2020Below is our running COVID-19 digest for 2020, with older stories posted at the bottom of the page. For the...
