New case study spotlights Newport-Mesa’s process for adopting a math curriculum with support from OCDE Ian Hanigan April 2, 2018In August 2016, the Newport-Mesa Unified School District embarked on the process of adopting a new math curriculum with matching...
Weekly roundup: From adversity to honor rolls, state Academic Decathlon results, OC educators honored, and more Ian Hanigan March 30, 2018Lorena Cruz believes she might be a dropout statistic if not for the support she received at Laurel House, a...
Anaheim Union superintendent earns statewide honor for expanding civic education Ian Hanigan March 29, 2018The California Council for the Social Studies has recognized Anaheim Union High School District Superintendent Michael Matsuda for his work...
Association of California School Administrators honors three educational leaders from OC Ian Hanigan March 28, 2018Three Orange County educators have been tapped for state honors by the Association of California School Administrators through its annual...
Garden Grove’s Heritage Elementary to become a computer science academy in 2018-19 Ian Hanigan March 27, 2018Garden Grove Unified has partnered with a company called Code to the Future to transform one of its elementary campuses...
Weekly roundup: Students investigate simulated crime in CSI program, Academic Decathlon team prepares for state final, and more Fermin Leal March 23, 2018Twenty students from Thurston Middle School in Laguna Beach spent an afternoon this week aboard the Ocean Institute’s Pilgrim ship...
SLIDESHOW: Expo showcases the work of students in OCDE’s independent study program Ian Hanigan March 21, 2018A third-grader demonstrated the principles of animation using a zoetrope. An eighth-grader created an intricate Lego model of the Cassini–Huygens...
Magnet elementary school in Brea partners with Discovery Cube Orange County Ian Hanigan March 20, 2018Brea Olinda Unified’s first and only magnet school has entered into a new partnership with Discovery Cube Orange County that’s...
OCDE Deaf and Hard of Hearing program hosts regional tournament for Gallaudet University Academic Bowl Ian Hanigan March 16, 2018A regional academic contest for high schoolers who are deaf and hard of hearing drew 80 students from about a...
Santa Ana High students engage in real-time civics lesson with peers from Broward County, Florida Ian Hanigan March 15, 2018The walkouts had ended nearly two hours earlier. But inside a classroom at Santa Ana High School, an important civics...
