OCDE helps local districts create positive school-wide behavior

Nichole Pichardo October 7, 2020

For more than 15 years, the OCDE Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports team has been working with local districts to...

State Department of Education secures 500,000 devices for students in need

Nichole Pichardo October 6, 2020

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond recently announced that the California Department of Education has teamed up with technology...

Weekly roundup: Community bids farewell to FUHS gym, local schools start to reopen, and more

Ian Hanigan October 2, 2020

A group of Fullerton Union High School alumni recently paid one last physically-distanced visit to their old gymnasium before it’s...

OCDE and City of Westminster to host virtual groundbreaking of park honoring historic Mendez v. Westminster case

Nichole Pichardo October 1, 2020

The Orange County Department of Education is partnering with the City of Westminster to present a virtual groundbreaking of a...

Fullerton’s Orangethorpe Elementary rocks new arts curriculum

Ian Hanigan September 30, 2020

Students and staff from Orangethorpe Elementary School in the Fullerton School District recently got to rub virtual elbows with rock...

OC students begin return to in-person learning

Nichole Pichardo September 28, 2020

Many students from across Orange County headed back to school campuses last week for the first time in over six...

Weekly roundup: NFL star surprises Santa Ana students, school reopenings, promoting tolerance, and more

Ian Hanigan September 25, 2020

A Los Angeles Charger dropped by Heroes Elementary School in Santa Ana with a special delivery this week. Isaac Rochell,...

5 schools from OC earn National Blue Ribbon honors

Ian Hanigan September 25, 2020

Five schools from Orange County have earned National Blue Ribbon status, considered the nation’s highest educational honor. Ethan B. Allen...

OCDE releases public schools directory for 2020-21

Ian Hanigan September 24, 2020

The new Orange County Public Schools Directory is here. Each year, the Orange County Department of Education produces and distributes...

OCDE is paving the pathway for career education across Orange County

Nichole Pichardo September 23, 2020

Since 2014, OCDE’s award-winning OC Pathways initiative has been creating self-sustaining partnerships to expand career pathway opportunities for Orange County...