In 1943, Sylvia Mendez and her two brothers were turned away from Westminster’s 17th Street School, known then as “the white school,” based on their heritage and skin color. What followed was a lengthy court battle, leading to the desegregation...
More than 350 people from 14 states gathered in Irvine Friday for an OCDE-led conference aimed at enhancing interpretation and translation services in schools. Hosted by the department’s Educational Services division, the two-day Interpreters and Translators Conference drew teachers, administrators,...
OCDE will host free workshops in Irvine and Huntington Beach next month to help teachers learn more about the next census count and develop census-related lessons for students. Organizers say the goal is to empower students as advocates who can...
OCDE’s Tobacco-Use Prevention Education consortium uses state tobacco tax revenue to fund prevention efforts in eight participating districts. With vaping...
