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Santa Ana Unified School District Board of Education members, district leaders and staff stand with Guzman family members inside the school office during the dedication ceremony.

Weekly roundup: Santa Ana Unified dedicates Virginia and William Guzman Elementary School, and more

Vicky Nguyen January 23, 2026
Dr. Jacqueline Sanderlin addresses the audience at the 2024 Orange County Counselor Symposium on Feb. 7 at the Hilton Anaheim.

School Counselors and Advocates of the Year to be honored at the 12th annual Orange County Counselor Symposium

Nathaniel Martinez January 22, 2026
Students from Dr. Jonas E. Salk School in the Centralia School District perform during last year’s Orange County Arts and Disability Festival, raising their arms to form heart shapes with their hands.

OC Arts and Disability Festival marks 50 years, calls for entries

Vicky Nguyen January 20, 2026
Lincoln Elementary School students explore new robotics challenges in the campus' Innovation Lab. (Courtesy of Newport-Mesa Unified School District)

Weekly roundup: Newport-Mesa students discover tech skills via Innovation Lab, Valley High to host career education film screening, and more

Madeline Gray January 16, 2026
Sue Parks stands at a podium addressing an audience during the Be Prepared OC Summit at the UC Irvine Beall Applied Innovation Center.

OCDE joins countywide leaders to strengthen local disaster preparedness efforts

Ian Hanigan January 14, 2026
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Mijares: New science standards empower students to investigate their world

Al Mijares February 18, 2020
When California adopted the Next Generation Science Standards in 2013, the goal wasn’t simply to generate more doctorates in chemistry,...
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Elementary students present donation to civil rights activist Sylvia Mendez for local monument

Ian Hanigan February 16, 2020
Kids from Carrillo Elementary School in the Garden Grove Unified School District recently gave a gift of gratitude to civil...
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Weekly roundup: Capistrano Valley High teacher wins $25K grant, dual immersion program includes infants, and more

Fermin Leal February 14, 2020
Capistrano Valley High teacher Candice Harrington was presented this week with a $25,000 check from the Milken Family Foundation, which selected her as one of 40 teachers across the nation to be honored with this year’s Milken Educator Award. The...
Team USA hockey players and students

VIDEO: Team USA hockey players scrimmage with Fullerton students

Greg Lammers February 13, 2020
Students at Richman Elementary School in the Fullerton School District got the unique opportunity to scrimmage with four members of...
schools staff poses for picture at gala

State celebrates 2020 California Distinguished, National Blue Ribbon schools at Disneyland ceremony

Fermin Leal February 12, 2020
The 35 Orange County 2020 California Distinguished and six National Blue Ribbon schools, along with all other honorees from across...
students at a table

Westminster School District dual immersion expands into infant program

Fermin Leal February 11, 2020
In the Westminster School District, children as young as four months old are now learning Spanish and English as they begin to talk. Westminster’s Infant Toddler Spanish Immersion Program is the first of its kind in Orange County that’s run...
Working Wardrobes after the fire

After a devastating fire, Working Wardrobes looks to rebuild

Ian Hanigan February 10, 2020
In the early morning hours of Sunday, Feb. 2, a fire broke out at the headquarters of Working Wardrobes, which...
Woodbridge High Academic Decathlon team at the ceremony

For the fourth straight year, Woodbridge High wins the Orange County Academic Decathlon

Ian Hanigan February 7, 2020
Is four-peat a thing? We’re going to go ahead and say yes, and that Woodbridge High School just did it,...
computer and newspaper

Weekly roundup: California’s lone ballot measure, the science of superheroes, and more

Ian Hanigan February 7, 2020
Proposition 13 is the only statewide measure on the March 3 ballot, and while it happens to share a name with California’s landmark property tax initiative from the late ’70s, there’s no relation. The 2020 version of Prop. 13 would...
Health education guide on a table

Your one-page guide to health education in California (available in multiple languages)

Ian Hanigan February 6, 2020
In 2019, the California Board of Education approved a framework to help teachers deliver lessons aligned with the state’s health education...
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