Weekly roundup: Suspension trends, school nutrition standards, Lego vandals and more Ian Hanigan December 14, 2018Suspensions in California schools have dropped by nearly 50 percent over the last six years. As EdSource reported this week,...
Mobile planetarium comes to Oak View Elementary School Ian Hanigan November 30, 2018Commercial space travel may still be a few years away, but the students of Oak View Elementary School got the...
Weekly roundup: Grad rates, a middle school entrepreneur, a mobile planetarium and more Ian Hanigan November 30, 2018Orange County’s graduation rate edged up slightly in 2018. Figures released this week by the state Department of Education show that...
Future of work: New report predicts which jobs — and skills — will survive automation Ian Hanigan October 30, 2018Experts and economists have in recent years sounded the alarm on jobs believed to be vulnerable to automation, artificial intelligence...
Weekly roundup: Canyon High grad wins ‘So You Think You Can Dance,’ podcast explores bilingual education and more Ian Hanigan September 14, 2018If you caught the big finale of “So You Think You Can Dance” this week, you saw another of example...
The Deeper Learning Podcast | On ‘Bilingual Education’ with Orange County Supt. Al Mijares Ian Hanigan September 10, 2018Bilingual education has seen a resurgence in recent years, with parents, businesses and educators touting the advantages of multiple-language acquisition...
Q&A: OCDE special education chief retires after 50 years in education Ian Hanigan July 30, 2018The same year OCDE’s Dennis Roberson began his career in education, Andy Griffith left Mayberry, the Beatles cut the White...
Mijares: OC’s new esports league looks to power up interest in STEM fields Al Mijares December 13, 2017There was a time when video game consoles were considered incompatible with academics, based on the belief that they distracted...
New bike path in Westminster to commemorate groundbreaking school desegregation ruling Ian Hanigan November 27, 2017The city of Westminster has announced plans to build a new bike path that will honor the historic court ruling...
OCDE mindfulness training project prepares teachers to be role models of stress management Staff reports January 10, 2017Imagine a classroom where students are not only taught the academic curriculum, but one in which students are taught social and emotional...
