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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

31st Annual Report on the Conditions of Children in Orange County cover

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

Sunburst cadets suit up for life after graduation

Nathaniel Martinez December 15, 2025

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...

Tom Torlakson (left) and OC Superintendent Al Mijares discuss school safety issues during panel.

School safety panel features state and county leaders, kicks off OC conference

Ian Hanigan July 19, 2017

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson, Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens and County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Al Mijares...

Irvine Valley College students Julian Brito, Katrina Dagg and Omid Mohammadi

Irvine Valley College offers working students an after-hours pathway to a business degree

Ian Hanigan July 17, 2017

Irvine Valley College is launching a new degree program designed to work around the busy schedules of its working students. First piloted in the fall, the school’s Weekend Pathways program is set to return in August, offering an associate degree...

An engineer exams in a lab a scale model of the Mars Curiosity Rover

OC students learn about careers in space exploration during JPL visit

Fermin Leal July 14, 2017

A group of Orange County high school and college students spent a day this week at Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory...

Weekly roundup: Trustee area changes, school start dates and more

Staff reports July 14, 2017

The Tustin Unified Board of Education this week approved a new district map with five distinct trustee areas, putting that...

Orange County Board of Education members Jack Bedell and David Boyd

Orange County Board of Education selects new president, vice president

Ian Hanigan July 12, 2017

The Orange County Board of Education on Wednesday voted to elect new officers for the 2017-18 fiscal year. Dr. Jack Bedell was selected to serve a one-year term as president, while fellow trustee David Boyd was named vice president. Bedell,...

A group of students run toward their elementary school

New school year begins at three year-round campuses

Fermin Leal July 10, 2017

Just as most Orange County students are starting to settle into their summer vacation routines, others are already back in...

#kindness1billion: Summer’s here, but kindness isn’t taking a vacation

Ian Hanigan July 6, 2017

You’re sharing treats with friends and coworkers. You’re saving bees from swimming pools. You’re even showing some love to parking...

A hard copy of Orange County Department of Education's Local Control Accountability Plan sits on a desk.

OCDE’s accountability plan targets technology, parental outreach and college/career readiness

Fermin Leal July 1, 2017

The Orange County Department of Education has developed a plan for the upcoming school year that aims to expand access to technology, increase college and career readiness opportunities and strengthen parental and community engagement. OCDE’s Local Control and Accountability Plan,...