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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

Sunburst cadets suit up for life after graduation

Nathaniel Martinez December 15, 2025

Students from Segerstrom High School’s Class of 2025 take part in their graduation ceremony on May 28.

Weekly roundup: OC districts join CSU Direct Admission Program for fall 2026, and more

Vicky Nguyen December 12, 2025

boy holds up hand in photo illustration about census

2020 Census: OCDE kicks off countywide awareness campaign

Fermin Leal November 14, 2019

OCDE is launching a new social media campaign to raise awareness about the upcoming U.S. Census count for local communities....

OC campuses named America’s Best STEM High Schools by Newsweek

Ian Hanigan November 13, 2019

Seven Orange County campuses have earned a place among the top 500 in Newsweek magazine’s ranking of America’s Best STEM...

Teacher receives award from county superintendent

OC Supt. Mijares honored for role in promoting college attainment

Fermin Leal November 12, 2019

Orange County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Al Mijares was among a group of educators and philanthropists honored by the Orange County Hispanic Education Endowment Fund for helping increase the number of students on the path to college. Mijares received the...

Weekly roundup: Irvine students launch nonprofit musician program, top teachers honored, and more

Fermin Leal November 8, 2019

Two Portola High School students wanted to start a club for musicians at their Irvine campus. But they also wanted...

Refurbished school farm offers hands-on learning

Fermin Leal November 6, 2019

The Ocean View School District hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday at Golden View Environmental Science School for the re-opening of...

students eating lunch in school cafeteria

Anonymous donor pays off $7,813 school lunch debt of Ocean View School District students

Fermin Leal November 5, 2019

More than 200 families who had outstanding bills for their children’s school lunches in the Ocean View School District received an unexpected surprise recently when an anonymous donor paid off each and every balance. The donor provided the officials with...

Teachers and micky and minnie mouse pose for photo

OC’s top educators celebrated at 2020 Orange County Teachers of the Year dinner

Ian Hanigan November 4, 2019

Sixty-four educators from Orange County school districts and community colleges were honored Friday night at a special dinner celebration coordinated...

Weekly roundup: Bullying prevention strategies in Capo, best practices for language acquisition, and more

Ian Hanigan November 1, 2019

October was National Bullying Prevention Month, and Capistrano Unified marked the occasion with a slate of activities aimed at creating...

Educators, experts gather to discuss language acquisition and multi-literacy

Fermin Leal October 31, 2019

More than 100 teachers, coaches, consultants and administrators gathered this week to share their best practices for language acquisition and multi-literacy as part of the OCDE Project GLAD® NTC Annual Summit 2019. The two-day conference, held Tuesday and Wednesday at...

Air quality guidelines aim to address ongoing wildfire concerns

Fermin Leal October 29, 2019

As wildfires spread across California this week, we want to remind you of the state Department of Education’s recently released...