High school graduation rates for California and Orange County have increased for the fifth year in a row, with English-learners accounting for the biggest overall spikes in 2014, according to data released this week.
In Orange County, students who started high school in 2010-11 posted a graduation rate of 88.6 percent in 2014 -- up from 87.5 percent in 2013. That number has been climbing steadily. [...]
Over 150 student and adult volunteers came together on Saturday morning to clean up Huntington State Beach while learning about the ecosystem and protecting natural resources.
The effort, hosted by Inside the Outdoors' Youth Stewardship Council, was part of this year’s Earth Day activities, dedicated to building awareness and activism in support of environmental programs around the world. [...]
Students participating in Friday Night Live programs at Bolsa Grande and Santiago high schools in the Garden Grove Unified School District were invited to present youth-led traffic safety and underage drinking projects at the recent Orange County DUI Forum.
Hosted by the Orange County DUI Task Force, the three-hour forum on Friday, April 24 focused on the issue of impaired driving by teens at the Clifton C. Miller Community Center in Tustin. [...]
Here are some stories from this week’s local education news for your Friday afternoon.
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Team OCDE was well represented at the Walk United event at Angel Stadium on Sunday, April 19. In fact, more than 40 department employees, friends and family members took part in the 5K fundraising event. [...]
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. [...]
t’s the end of the week, and once again we bring you a roundup of education-related stories you may have missed.
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It’s Friday, April 10, and here's a recap of local education news stories from this past week.
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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. [...]