8 OC campuses place in top 100 statewide on new U.S. News ‘Best High Schools’ ranking Fermin Leal May 7, 2019Oxford Academy in Anaheim Union High School District ranked as the second best high school in California in the recently...
Samueli Academy breaks ground with next phase of campus expansion Ian Hanigan May 7, 2019When Samueli Academy launched six years ago with its first class of 120 freshmen, the campus consisted of portable classrooms...
Weekly roundup: High school construction academy meets workforce needs, Teachers of the Year celebrated, and more Fermin Leal May 3, 2019Students trained through Katella High School’s Building Industry Technology Academy, or BITA, are finding work in the construction sector straight...
Forum aims to create solutions to support at-risk boys and men of color Fermin Leal May 2, 2019More than 500 educators, community leaders, students and others gathered Thursday to discuss how to better support at-risk men and...
Surprise! OCDE announces the 2020 Orange County Teachers of the Year Staff reports May 1, 2019Who are the 2020 Orange County Teachers of the Year? You’re about to find out. And so are they. Over...
VIDEO: El Modena High School Nature Center plants seeds for the future Austin Duffis April 29, 2019“Society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” — Anonymous Greek...
Student team from OCDE program named a finalist in national rocket competition Ian Hanigan April 24, 2019This literally was rocket science. A team of students from OCDE’s home school program has been named a national finalist in...
Teams from two OC schools advance to the Science Olympiad National Tournament Ian Hanigan April 23, 2019For the second straight year, a pair of Orange County schools will represent California at the Science Olympiad National Tournament....
Weekly roundup: Student project launched into space, Congresswoman visits Irvine school, and more Fermin Leal April 19, 2019Students in a Huntington Beach classroom recently spent part of a day nervously watching a clock ticking in the corner of...
OCDE program combines mindfulness and yoga to improve students’ physical and mental health Ian Hanigan April 18, 2019According to the most recent Orange County Conditions of Children report, 1 in 4 students feels chronically sad or hopeless,...
