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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
A note from Dr. Bean

Dr. Bean: A moment to reflect — and a look ahead

Stefan Bean March 30, 2026
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Weekly roundup: An earlier start date for Los Al students, The Deeper Learning Podcast, and more

Ian Hanigan January 19, 2018
Joining a number of other local districts that have moved up their start dates, Los Alamitos Unified will welcome back...
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The Deeper Learning Podcast | ‘Exploring Kindness’ with Orange County Superintendent Al Mijares

Ian Hanigan January 19, 2018
Why have societies historically valued kindness? How can positive interactions with others impact our physiology? Why do we keep needing...
Robert Salazar, Garden Grove Unified's building operations supervisor

GGUSD celebrates its ‘homegrown’ employees with new social media campaign

Ian Hanigan January 18, 2018
Garden Grove Unified has launched a new social media campaign celebrating staff members who were once students in the district. And it turns out there are quite a few. Dubbed “GGUSD Homegrown,” the campaign has prompted nearly 500 district employees...
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86 O.C. students nominated for Disneyland Resort’s ‘Dreamers & Doers’ award for community service work

Fermin Leal January 16, 2018
Eighty-six Orange County students were selected by their high schools for their efforts to strengthen their communities, think creatively, conserve...
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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 Wednesday as part of his preliminary budget proposal. The money will help the state fully finance the Local Control Funding...
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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...
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 public schools and community colleges. The slew of new laws for 2018 aims to address students health, social and emotional...
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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...
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