State Board of Education explores new color-coded accountability system to show school performance Ian Hanigan July 15, 2016The Academic Performance Index is out, set to be replaced by — well, that remains to be seen. But as...
OCDE to lead statewide implementation of academic and behavioral framework Ian Hanigan July 12, 2016The Orange County Department of Education has been awarded $30 million in state funding to assist schools and districts throughout California...
Santiago High team takes first place in contest to build robots that can locate disaster survivors Ian Hanigan May 26, 2016A team of four students from Santiago High School in Garden Grove took first place at the Rescue Robotics Invitational at...
Painting their own paths: ACCESS art program soars with at-risk students Staff reports May 11, 2016Pick a quote, any quote, and paint a picture of those words. This is just one of the artistic exercises the...
OCDE to host ‘Publishers’ Faire’ featuring new standards-aligned instructional materials Staff reports May 10, 2016Orange County administrators, curriculum coordinators, coaches and teachers will get a chance to preview new instructional materials aligned with the state...
Q&A: STEM director discusses educational technologies and classrooms of the future Ian Hanigan May 4, 2016Tom Turner’s title is an alphabet soup of abbreviations. He’s OCDE’s director of STEM CTE, which is short for Science,...
OCDE in 30 Seconds: Nutrition programs focus on ‘the whole child’ Ian Hanigan April 21, 2016For our latest “OCDE in 30 Seconds” video, we gave Dareen Khatib, manager of OCDE’s Nutrition and Wellness Services team,...
OCDE upgrades internet speeds, becomes nation’s first K-12 educational entity to jump to 100 gbps Staff reports April 12, 2016Imagine expanding a bustling freeway from two lanes to 20. That’s essentially what just happened to OCDE’s internet highway, which...
Orange County Department of Education to launch One Billion Acts of Kindness initiative Ian Hanigan April 8, 2016Beginning in May, the Orange County Department of Education will embark on an ambitious new campaign encouraging students, educators and...
VIDEO: Canyon High aviation program offers career paths through the wild blue yonder Ian Hanigan April 5, 2016You don’t need an altimeter to know Canyon High’s aviation program is soaring. Since taking off in 2014, the school’s...
