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Huntington Beach Union High School District educators, administrators and board trustees celebrate the start of a new partnership between Edison High School and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. (Huntington Beach Union High School District)

Weekly roundup: Edison High students help endangered trout with new campus lab, and more

Madeline Gray December 19, 2025
31st Annual Report on the Conditions of Children in Orange County cover

New Conditions of Children report offers a snapshot of OC education trends for 2025

Ian Hanigan December 18, 2025
Gigi Manning, 2025 OCMAA Award recipient for secondary media arts, stands with award sponsor and presenter Steven Brittan, president and CEO of the Laguna College of Art + Design.

Arts educators, leaders to be celebrated at 2026 OC Music and Arts Administrators Awards

Vicky Nguyen December 18, 2025
Participants and supporters, some dressed in team costumes, cheer from the stands during the Super Quiz Relay at the 2025 Orange County Academic Decathlon.

Academic event season is coming up. Here are some key dates for 2026.

Vicky Nguyen December 16, 2025
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Sunburst cadets suit up for life after graduation

Nathaniel Martinez December 15, 2025
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State names 35 OC campuses as 2020 California Distinguished Schools

Fermin Leal December 18, 2019
The state Department of Education has named 35 Orange County campuses as 2020 California Distinguished Schools, the top honor for...
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#kindness1billion: More than 130 Tustin third-graders surprised with new bikes

Ian Hanigan December 18, 2019
Following an essay contest, more than 130 third-graders from Thorman Elementary in the Tustin Unified School District were summoned to...
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Mijares: Participating in the 2020 census is easy, confidential and critically important

Al Mijares December 17, 2019
In just a few months, you’ll be asked to take on one of democracy’s most considerable responsibilities — and it shouldn’t take more than a few minutes of your time. As mandated by the U.S. Constitution, the federal Census Bureau...
Students inspect "The Courage to Remember" traveling Holocaust exhibit

OCDE will co-host two forums exploring impact of hate incidents on students, school communities

Ian Hanigan December 16, 2019
OCDE is partnering with the Orange County Human Relations Commission to host two forums in January that will explore the...
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Weekly roundup: Curriculum helps students identify ‘fake news,’ new Dashboard results released, and more

Fermin Leal December 13, 2019
A group of Stanford researchers has developed a free online curriculum called Civic Online Reasoning, or COR, designed to help...
Student writing at a desk

VIDEO: 2019 California School Dashboard released

Fermin Leal December 12, 2019
State education officials have released the 2019 California School Dashboard, an online tool designed to help parents, educators and the community see how schools and districts are educating and supporting students. The Dashboard includes the latest data available on 2018-19 graduation...
students gather around a classroom project

8 OC educational programs earn prestigious Golden Bell Awards

Fermin Leal December 9, 2019
The California School Boards Association presented prestigious Golden Bell Awards to eight educational programs in Orange County that improved technology,...
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Weekly roundup: A dental clinic at Angel Stadium, new shoes for Santa Ana students, and more

Ian Hanigan December 6, 2019
A pair of local sports franchises scored some big points with local students and families this week. As the Orange...
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OCDE’s chief technology officer gets inducted into an IT Hall of Fame

Ian Hanigan December 5, 2019
A well-known membership association that supports school-based IT professionals has inducted OCDE Chief Technology Officer Carl Fong into its Hall of Fame. CITE, short for California IT in Education, was established back in 1960 as the California Educational Data Processing...
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VIDEO: OC Pathways Showcase promotes business, education partnerships

Fermin Leal December 4, 2019
Orange County businesses learned how they can help equip students for careers transformed by automation, artificial intelligence and other emerging...
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