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A student listens during a session at the AVID 9th Grade Leadership Conference at Pomona College.

Weekly roundup: OCDE partners with Pomona College to host AVID leadership conference for ninth graders, and more

Vicky Nguyen April 3, 2026
Inside the Outdoors 2022 Summer Camp

REGISTER NOW: ITO announces themes for annual Summer Day Camp

Nathaniel Martinez April 2, 2026
UC Irvine student apprentice Alina Yuan, left, collaborates with marketing program manager Kimberly Chai on design concepts for Division of Career Pathways materials at UC Irvine.

WATCH: OCDE, UC Irvine apprenticeships support Orange County workforce pipeline

Vicky Nguyen April 1, 2026
Leadership coach Allyson Apsey joined Dr. Stefan Bean on set for the latest episode of the FutureCurrent podcast.

FutureCurrent: Leadership coach Allyson Apsey on building stronger school cultures

Madeline Gray March 31, 2026
Anaheim Union educators at the Student & Community Voice AI Summit

Four OC school districts recognized for leading the way in AI integration

Nathaniel Martinez March 30, 2026
students from mock trial team pose for photo in courtroom

Pacific Coast High School’s Mock Trial team advances to OC final

Fermin Leal December 13, 2018
For the second time in three years, Pacific Coast High School has advanced to the final round of the Constitutional Rights...
Heart-shaped notes

#kindness1billion: PAL programs compete in annual Kindness Challenge

Ian Hanigan December 11, 2018
A handful of Peer Assistance Leadership programs recently let us know how they celebrated last month’s World Kindness Day. Administered by OCDE, PAL...
Student and former teacher pose for photo

Former homeless student hopes to inspire others with story of perseverance

Fermin Leal December 10, 2018
Dilan Oezkan is an energetic and charismatic high school senior with a 4.4 GPA who dreams of acting on Broadway or the silver screen one day. He’s also been homeless for most of his life, living for long stretches with...
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Weekly roundup: OC Pathways cited as success story, Schools Dashboard released, and more

Fermin Leal December 7, 2018
OC Pathways is one of two pathway programs cited as successes in a new report on the viability of these...
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The 2018 California School Dashboard is out — find out how your school did

Staff reports December 6, 2018
State education officials have released the 2018 California School Dashboard, an online tool designed to help parents, educators and the...
Students playing string instruments

OCDE-led consortium wins $1.4 million music, arts grant

Fermin Leal December 4, 2018
A consortium led by the Orange County Department of Education has received a $1.4 million grant to help increase music and arts education among special needs students and those in alternative education programs across the county. The state Department of...
A photo of Orange County teachers

Know a top teacher or school employee? Nominate them for Parenting OC’s Top Teachers of Orange County Awards

Ian Hanigan December 3, 2018
The nomination window is open for Parenting OC’s 2019 Top Teachers of Orange County Awards, and this year the magazine...

Mobile planetarium comes to Oak View Elementary School

Ian Hanigan November 30, 2018
Commercial space travel may still be a few years away, but the students of Oak View Elementary School got the...
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Weekly roundup: Grad rates, a middle school entrepreneur, a mobile planetarium and more

Ian Hanigan November 30, 2018
Orange County’s graduation rate edged up slightly in 2018. Figures released this week by the state Department of Education show that 89.2 percent of the OC students who started high school in 2014 received their diplomas four years later. Last year’s...
OCDE staff receiving award

OC Pathways recognized as a model of public-private partnerships

Ian Hanigan November 30, 2018
An OCDE initiative that builds career pathways in key industry sectors and creates work-based learning opportunities for students has been...
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