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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
Campers sitting on the grass

VIDEO: Inside the Outdoors summer camps nurture a natural curiosity — and kindness

Ian Hanigan August 7, 2019
Did you know OCDE’s Inside the Outdoors environmental education program offers summer camps? From late June through early August, ITO...
A blurred image of a broadcast newsroom

Weekly roundup: Future farmers send animals to sanctuaries, educators gather to talk equity, and more

Ian Hanigan August 2, 2019
Five Fullerton students who are part of a Future Farmers of American program decided the slaughterhouse wouldn’t be the final...

3 of 4 high school graduates in OC attended college last year

Fermin Leal July 31, 2019
About 76 percent of high school graduates in Orange County last year went on to enroll in college, according to new figures released by the state. The California Department of Education recently released the new College-Going Report, which features data...

Ensuring success of all students the theme of three-day MTSS conference

Fermin Leal July 30, 2019
More than 3,000 educators from throughout California are gathering this week for a conference aimed at sharing practices that support...
Educators outside with U.S., German and Canadian flags

OC teacher finds innovative practices, common purpose during tour of German schools

Ian Hanigan July 29, 2019
It might not be business card-official, but we’ll go ahead and call Gina Whitcomb our international education correspondent. In 2017,...
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Weekly roundup: Fullerton Union High grad finds dinosaur fossil, school calendars, and more

Fermin Leal July 26, 2019
Harrison Duran, a graduate of Fullerton Union High School, recently found the partial skull of a 65 million-year-old Triceratops. Duran, a current biology student at UC Merced, saw the base of a horn piercing into the ground of the North...
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Can’t attend the 2019 California MTSS institute? Here’s how to watch the keynotes live

Ian Hanigan July 25, 2019
Thousands of educators and school-based professionals will gather for three days in Long Beach next week to discuss practices that...
A group of students run toward their elementary school

Here are the start dates for every OC school district

Fermin Leal July 24, 2019
The start of the new school year is just a couple weeks away for a handful of Orange County school...
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6 ways to keep your kids safe online

Fermin Leal July 23, 2019
Technology can provide children with new opportunities to learn and connect that can help them improve their quality of life and allow them to better contribute to society. But technology, especially social media and other online tools, has the potential...
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Weekly roundup: Santa Ana Unified forms new academy, air quality testing in Huntington Beach, and more

Ian Hanigan July 19, 2019
The Santa Ana Unified School District announced this week that it has combined the Romero Cruz Elementary and Spurgeon Intermediate...
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