Weekly roundup: Gov. Brown’s new budget forecast, U.S. News’ Best High Schools, homeless education, and more Ian Hanigan May 11, 2018Gov. Jerry Brown’s latest budget proposal is forecasting a $8.8 billion surplus for next year, about $3 billion more than...
OC to send two teams to the Science Olympiad National Tournament in Colorado Ian Hanigan May 10, 2018After earning top honors at the Southern California State Science Olympiad Tournament last month, teams from two Orange County campuses...
Fountain Valley High wins inaugural Orange County High School Esports League crown Fermin Leal April 28, 2018The two teams made up of orcs, dragons, vikings, serpents and other virtual characters battled in front of a screaming...
Esperanza High School’s new life-size medical tablet allows students to perform simulated surgeries Fermin Leal April 24, 2018The group of students gathered around the patient known as Carl inside a lab at Esperanza High as they performed...
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...
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...
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...
