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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

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

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Weekly roundup: OC districts join CSU Direct Admission Program for fall 2026, and more

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Weekly roundup: Foreign exchange students reunite after 45 years, new school year kicks off, and more

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Health experts warn teens lack enough sleep, call for later school start times

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Everyone can appreciate a few extra minutes of sleep each morning, especially teenagers heading off to school. Now, a growing...
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Set those alarms, Orange County schools opening for new year

Fermin Leal August 9, 2017
It’s still early August, but thousands of students across Orange County are already back inside classrooms. Anaheim Union High School District, Centralia School District, Cypress School District and Savanna School District were the first in the county to start their...
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Weekly roundup: Former student returns as principal, internships for OC high schoolers and more

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As a student at Anaheim High School in the 1990s, the principal’s office was probably not where Robert Saldivar wanted...
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OC high school students learning job skills from industry pros through summer internships

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Mason Naragon, an incoming senior at El Toro High, landed an internship this summer working alongside engineers and manufactures at...
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Weekly roundup: Student-built satellite ready to launch, new AP computer science class pays off, and more

Ian Hanigan July 28, 2017
Five … four … three … two … A miniature satellite built by 150 high schoolers from six Irvine campuses is ready to be launched into orbit from a site in India. On Wednesday, about 60 of the students who...
Attendees at the 2017 National MTSS Professional Learning Institute

Two-day conference showcases framework of academic, behavioral and social-emotional supports

Ian Hanigan July 26, 2017
About 1,000 educators from California and beyond have gathered in Costa Mesa this week to learn more about establishing schoolwide...
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OCDE in 30 Seconds: Services for Language Learners provides multilingual and multicultural support

Staff reports July 25, 2017
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Governor signs conservation law inspired by Sonora High’s ‘Water Guardians’

Fermin Leal July 24, 2017
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed into law a water conservation bill that a group of Sonora High School girls, known as the Water Guardians, helped introduce. The new law allows water suppliers that offer water efficiency rebates to commercial and...
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Weekly roundup: learning English through fun projects, a schools safety conversation and more

Fermin Leal July 21, 2017
Learning English doesn’t have to be just about classrooms and books. A summer camp in Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District...
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