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Huntington Beach Union High School District educators, administrators and board trustees celebrate the start of a new partnership between Edison High School and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. (Huntington Beach Union High School District)

Weekly roundup: Edison High students help endangered trout with new campus lab, and more

Madeline Gray December 19, 2025
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New Conditions of Children report offers a snapshot of OC education trends for 2025

Ian Hanigan December 18, 2025
Gigi Manning, 2025 OCMAA Award recipient for secondary media arts, stands with award sponsor and presenter Steven Brittan, president and CEO of the Laguna College of Art + Design.

Arts educators, leaders to be celebrated at 2026 OC Music and Arts Administrators Awards

Vicky Nguyen December 18, 2025
Participants and supporters, some dressed in team costumes, cheer from the stands during the Super Quiz Relay at the 2025 Orange County Academic Decathlon.

Academic event season is coming up. Here are some key dates for 2026.

Vicky Nguyen December 16, 2025
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Sunburst cadets suit up for life after graduation

Nathaniel Martinez December 15, 2025
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Weekly roundup: Students test storm water quality, governor wants more money for schools, and more

Fermin Leal January 12, 2018
Fifth-grade teacher Pam Conti from Pegasus School in Huntington Beach is on a mission to take water samples from Dana...
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Gov. Brown: State to fully fund education initiatives thanks to expected $7.5 billion revenue ‘windfall’

Fermin Leal January 10, 2018
California will provide an additional $2.6 billion revenue to public education in the upcoming school year, Gov. Jerry Brown revealed...
Students from the Blue team at Venado Middle School

Students in OCDE’s Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program advance in Gallaudet University’s ‘Battle of the Books’

Ian Hanigan January 8, 2018
Two teams from OCDE’s Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program at Venado Middle School in Irvine recently made it to the playoffs in the national Battle of the Books reading competition hosted by Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. And one...
New Kiosk for Fullerton Arboretum

Weekly roundup: Students construct arboretum visitor booth, Savanna High may get help redesigning mascot, and more

Ian Hanigan January 5, 2018
Students from Brea Olinda High School’s Building Industry Technology Academy were recently tasked with designing and building a new volunteer booth...
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New 2018 education laws include ending ‘meal shaming’

Fermin Leal January 3, 2018
It’s the start of a new calendar year, and with that comes a batch of state laws affecting Orange County’s...
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OCDE fair to showcase state-approved history and social science instructional materials

Ian Hanigan January 2, 2018
Local history and social science educators may want to mark their calendars: OCDE will host a History-Social Science Instructional Materials Fair, showcasing content from the state’s recently-adopted list of approved materials, on Jan. 29. The event, geared toward administrators, curriculum...
Vincent Saporito of College View Elementary School

Year in review: Solar eclipse offers STEM lesson, music video inspires bravery, and more

Fermin Leal December 28, 2017
As 2017 winds down, we’re taking a look back at some of our biggest news stories in this past year....
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Season of giving can continue if you want to help teachers fund classroom projects

Fermin Leal December 27, 2017
The holiday season might be winding down, but you still have to opportunity to give especially if you want to...
Jillian Johnson-Sharp

Promoting career technical education for all students, OCDE administrator earns state and national honors

Ian Hanigan December 25, 2017
Jillian Johnson-Sharp wants to clear up any lingering misconceptions about career technical education, also known as CTE. Enrollment in these courses should not be viewed as a separate, non-college track for students eager to pick up job skills, she says....
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Weekly roundup: Students build prosthetic hands for children, Femineers engaged in STEM and more

Fermin Leal December 22, 2017
Students at St. Mary’s School in Aliso Viejo are already making a meaningful impact across the globe with their work...
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