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Dr. Stefan Bean and Lainie Rowell on the FutureCurrent podcast set, with microphones and chairs arranged for a recorded conversation.

Now playing: New OCDE podcast hosted by Dr. Bean highlights the people and stories shaping education

Ian Hanigan January 27, 2026
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
Alexis Rangell-Onwuegbuzia at the California Poetry Out Loud State Finals

Local high school senior wins California’s Poetry Out Loud competition

Ian Hanigan March 26, 2018
An Orange County student has won a state competition that connects young people to poetry through memorization and performance. Alexis...
Orange County students at the California Academic Decathlon

OC teams battle it out at the California Academic Decathlon

Ian Hanigan March 25, 2018
El Camino Real Charter High School has won the 2018 California Academic Decathlon. The Woodland Hills campus in the Los...
A blurred image of a broadcast newsroom

Weekly roundup: Students investigate simulated crime in CSI program, Academic Decathlon team prepares for state final, and more

Fermin Leal March 23, 2018
Twenty students from Thurston Middle School in Laguna Beach spent an afternoon this week aboard the Ocean Institute’s Pilgrim ship in Dan Point Harbor as they worked to solve a crime. The staged scenario, called “Roanoke Murder and the Lost Colony,”...
Students at a robotics competition

Robots compete in sumo, soccer and an obstacle course at La Habra City School District competition

Ian Hanigan March 22, 2018
The La Habra City School District held its second annual Robot Rally this week, drawing more than 80 tech-savvy students...
students stands in front of her model of a cathedral

SLIDESHOW: Expo showcases the work of students in OCDE’s independent study program

Ian Hanigan March 21, 2018
A third-grader demonstrated the principles of animation using a zoetrope. An eighth-grader created an intricate Lego model of the Cassini–Huygens...
An image of the Discovery Cube in Santa Ana

Magnet elementary school in Brea partners with Discovery Cube Orange County

Ian Hanigan March 20, 2018
Brea Olinda Unified’s first and only magnet school has entered into a new partnership with Discovery Cube Orange County that’s already providing unique opportunities for students and educators. District officials say teachers and other staff members at Laurel Magnet School of...

OC’s Academic Decathlon champions set high goals for state tournament

Fermin Leal March 18, 2018
Each member of this year’s Woodbridge High Academic Decathlon team believes there’s plenty of room for improvement, even after winning...
A news graphic

Weekly roundup: Student walkouts, National History Day, OC’s STEM courses, a middle school hoops tournament, and more

Ian Hanigan March 16, 2018
Our lead item in this week’s roundup is the story that made front pages across the country. Students from campuses...

OCDE Deaf and Hard of Hearing program hosts regional tournament for Gallaudet University Academic Bowl

Ian Hanigan March 16, 2018
A regional academic contest for high schoolers who are deaf and hard of hearing drew 80 students from about a dozen western states to the campus of University High School in Irvine over the weekend.  While a team representing the...

ACSA awards breakfast honors OC’s ‘Student Superheroes’

Ian Hanigan March 15, 2018
Some had mourned a death in the family. Others battled a severe illness or experienced homelessness. But they all had...
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