OCDE, L.A. County Office of Education to host civic learning summit Ian Hanigan April 5, 2017Students, educators, elected officials and members of the business community from Orange and L.A. counties are encouraged to attend an...
Garden Grove’s Pacifica High School earns state honor for civic education Ian Hanigan April 3, 2017In recent years, Pacifica High School in the Garden Grove Unified School District has placed an emphasis on engaging students...
Weekly roundup: National History Day, a virtual tour of the brain, the science of hockey and more Ian Hanigan March 10, 2017Every year, about half a million students in grades four through 12 take part in National History Day events across...
Students bring history to life at the National History Day-Orange County competition Ian Hanigan March 6, 2017The first thing you should know about National History Day is that it goes way beyond one day. The research...
Weekly roundup: A landmark court case remembered, Newport-Mesa talks term limits and more Ian Hanigan February 3, 2017It’s Friday, Feb. 3, which is welcome news if your name is Phil Connors. And for everyone else, here’s our weekly roundup...
Pacifica High School student delivers soapbox speech in Washington, D.C. Ian Hanigan January 30, 2017A high schooler from Garden Grove recently traveled to Washington, D.C. to deliver a speech in historic Lafayette Square as...
High school teams prep for the 49th annual Orange County Academic Decathlon Ian Hanigan January 24, 2017Decathletes, take your marks. Over the next two Saturdays, 43 local high schools will participate in the 49th annual Orange...
Weekly roundup: OC students at the inauguration, giving back on MLK Day, Sunny Hills’ new aquatics facility and more Ian Hanigan January 20, 2017It’s Friday, Jan. 20, and we’ve got another batch of education stories from the week. A number of Orange County...
Local student, accompanied by her teacher, to embark on historical journey as Normandy scholar Ian Hanigan January 16, 2017A high school student and a teacher from Irvine will spend the months ahead extensively researching the story of a local World...
10 innovative Orange County programs win CSBA’s prestigious Golden Bell Award Staff reports December 6, 2016Over the weekend, the California School Boards Association presented 56 Golden Bell Awards to winners from across the state, 10 belonging to Orange...