Weekly roundup: Virtual surgeries, Earth Day, an e-sports championship and more Ian Hanigan April 27, 2018Our favorite story this week is about a 7-foot tablet with an iPad-like screen that’s helping students enrolled in Esperanza...
VIDEO: Science gets immersive at Rancho Soñado, one of 14 field trip sites offered by Inside the Outdoors Ian Hanigan April 17, 2018Nestled against the Santa Ana Mountains, Rancho Soñado serves as the home base of OCDE’s Inside the Outdoors environmental education...
Educators tout how environmental literacy can lead to well-rounded curriculum Fermin Leal April 11, 2018Incorporating environmental literacy into the school curriculum can lead to higher test scores, improved student conduct and can help us...
Inside the Outdoors secures funding for waste education program impacting more than 900,000 students Ian Hanigan March 6, 2018Inside the Outdoors, OCDE’s popular environmental education program, has netted a sizable grant to present standards-based lessons on the science of...
VIDEO: Inside the Outdoors invests grant funds in a campus garden, field trips and traveling scientists Ian Hanigan March 8, 2017Last April, the Inside the Outdoors Foundation was announced as one of 10 national semifinalists in the Blue Bunny Ice Cream...
Weekly roundup: Fullerton scholar earns ride to Yale, the California School Dashboard, mentors in Tustin and more Ian Hanigan February 24, 2017He’s a bookworm, an athlete and certainly a role model for his brothers and sister. And now he’s on his...
VIDEO: Memories of an Inside the Outdoors field trip continue to inspire Harvard grad Ian Hanigan February 23, 2017Since 1972, OCDE’s Inside the Outdoors environmental education program has been generating unique memories for students who go on to...
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...
Inside the Outdoors gives back to the community during MLK Day service events Ian Hanigan January 17, 2017Students and staff from OCDE’s Inside the Outdoors environmental education program once again honored Martin Luther King Jr. Day by...
That’s a wrap: The top OCDE Newsroom stories of 2016 Staff reports December 29, 2016Before we finish the 2016 chapter, let’s flip back through the pages and revisit some of the top Newsroom stories from...