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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
students eating lunch in school cafeteria

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...
OCDE sign

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...
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. It was a year filled with honors and accolades for teachers, students and schools. It also saw the introduction of...
science classroom filled with high school students

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...
news, education news

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 at school. Every eighth-grader who attends the K-8 private school participates in a project that uses 3D printers to create...
Pioneer Middle School students with their crossing guard

In the news: Pioneer Middle School students reciprocate kindness of local crossing guard

Ian Hanigan December 19, 2017
You tend to see an uptick in stories about kindness this time of year. But this recent article in the...
two students work on an engineering project with the help of their teacher

Tustin High School’s Femineers Club works to empower girls in STEM education

Fermin Leal December 18, 2017
Like many high school engineering clubs, students in this club spend their time building rockets to launch into the sky,...
A blurred image of a broadcast newsroom

Weekly roundup: More honors for Tesoro’s music teacher, local superintendent updates, and more

Ian Hanigan December 15, 2017
Back in February, we learned that Tesoro High music teacher Keith Hancock was awarded the Grammy Foundation’s prestigious Music Educator Award for 2017. Now we’re hearing the Capistrano Unified standout is in the running for another major accolade — the Varkey Foundation’s...
An image of Orange County Superintendent Al Mijares

Mijares: OC’s new esports league looks to power up interest in STEM fields

Al Mijares December 13, 2017
There was a time when video game consoles were considered incompatible with academics, based on the belief that they distracted...
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