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Los Alamitos Unified School District students greeted their peers onto campus with welcoming signs to celebrate Start With Hello Week.

Los Alamitos Unified students build connections during Start With Hello Week

Madeline Gray September 25, 2026
Westminster High School Principal Amy Sabol joins students during the Giving Farm’s annual watermelon harvest.

Weekly roundup: Westminster High students harvest watermelons for OC Food Bank, and more

Vicky Nguyen September 25, 2026
Orange County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Stefan Bean, center, joins OCDE staff and the 2026 Orange County Counselors and Advocates of the Year at the 12th annual Orange County Counselor Symposium on Feb. 4.

OCDE seeks presenters, award nominees for 2027 OC Counselor Symposium

Vicky Nguyen September 24, 2026
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Five OC students shine a light on Japanese American artist with award-winning documentary

Nathaniel Martinez September 22, 2026
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What parents should know about e-bikes and youth safety in Orange County

Ian Hanigan September 22, 2026
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Weekly roundup: California’s new schools chief, detection dogs in Fullerton, and more

Ian Hanigan February 1, 2019
California’s new superintendent of public instruction was abandoned by his father and lost his mother to cancer at age 6....
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Tustin Unified to offer full-day kindergarten at every campus

Fermin Leal January 31, 2019
All elementary schools in the Tustin Unified School District will provide a full day of kindergarten to every student beginning...
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VIDEO: Getting to know the California School Dashboard

Ian Hanigan January 29, 2019
There was a time when a batch of standardized test scores was considered a passable snapshot of a school’s performance. But those numbers never really told the whole story, leaving out key measures that reflect academic engagement, school climate and...
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Student orators make their points at Project Soapbox speech competition

Ian Hanigan January 28, 2019
Orange County students demonstrated some impressive oratory skills during last month’s Project Soapbox showdown. And one of them has earned a...
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Weekly roundup: MLK inspires Anaheim students’ service projects, volunteers scoop up trash in estuary, and more

Fermin Leal January 25, 2019
Even though it was a school holiday, Anaheim Union High School District students headed to their campus or into the communities...
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OC Academic Decathlon kicks off this weekend for hundreds of students

Fermin Leal January 24, 2019
Hundreds of students from 41 local high schools will participate over two consecutive Saturdays in the 51st annual Orange County Academic Decathlon, competing for top honors and an invitation to represent Orange County at the California Academic Decathlon. Organized by...
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UCI to host ‘Adventures in Physics’ show and lecture for K-12 students

Ian Hanigan January 23, 2019
UCI’s School of Physical Sciences will host a physics show and lecture for K-12 students on Saturday, Feb. 2. Adults...
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OCDE’s Inside the Outdoors leads Upper Newport Bay clean-up

Ian Hanigan January 23, 2019
More than 200 local volunteers scooped 600 pounds of trash from the Upper Newport Bay estuary on Saturday during a...
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Irvine Unified has hired more than 1,100 teachers in eight years

Ian Hanigan January 22, 2019
Here’s a stat that caught our attention: The Irvine Unified School District has hired 1,156 teachers since 2011. That amounts to an astonishing 67 percent of IUSD’s teaching staff. While many Orange County districts are seeing a decline in enrollment, Irvine...
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Weekly roundup: Laguna district explores partnership with Irvine Valley College, L.A. teachers strike continues, and more

Ian Hanigan January 18, 2019
Laguna Beach High School could become the latest campus to offer its students college credits through a partnership with Irvine...
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