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State board approves final pieces of its new school accountability system

Ian Hanigan January 11, 2017

The state’s new school accountability and improvement system now has a timeframe for its public debut — and an official...

OCDE mindfulness training project prepares teachers to be role models of stress management

Staff reports January 10, 2017

Imagine a classroom where students are not only taught the academic curriculum, but one in which students are taught social and emotional...

The principal of Cook Elementary School leads an outdoor assembly

Sealed and delivered: Garden Grove’s Cook Elementary School celebrates its National Blue Ribbon

Ian Hanigan January 6, 2017

Fifth-grader Tommy Nguyen will tell you that A.J. Cook Elementary School in Garden Grove is a special place — and...

OCDE earns state grant to help classified employees become credentialed teachers

Ian Hanigan January 5, 2017

Here’s one way California is responding to a statewide teacher shortage: OCDE and two dozen other agencies have been awarded...

That’s a wrap: The top OCDE Newsroom stories of 2016

Staff reports December 29, 2016

Before we finish the 2016 chapter, let’s flip back through the pages and revisit some of the top Newsroom stories from...

Parenting OC magazine seeks nominees for annual Top Teachers of Orange County issue

Staff reports December 14, 2016

Does your child consistently boast about an extraordinary teacher or run home to express excitement about how much he or she liked...

el toro high school 111,922 cans donated group picture

El Toro High canned food drive brings in more than 100,000 donations

Staff reports November 29, 2016

More than 100,000 cans of food filled the upper quad of El Toro High School in Lake Forest on Nov. 18,...

In the news: OC school bond measures earn support, a message on kindness, Veterans Day and more

Ian Hanigan November 18, 2016

Here we are again, on the precipice of another weekend, and we’ve got a batch of education stories from the...

Series for site administrators will focus on leveraging strengths and the strategies behind mastery teaching

Ian Hanigan November 18, 2016

OCDE’s Institute for Leadership Development is kicking off a new five-part Leadership Series for Site Administrators that begins in December. Author...

People listening to the superintendent in a gymnasium

Santa Ana Unified School District superintendent leads two State of the District breakfasts

Ian Hanigan November 10, 2016

Classrooms, community and connectedness were the central themes of the Santa Ana Unified School District’s State of the District breakfast on Thursday....