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Shawn, Joann and Tony in OCDE's print shop

Not just a green button: An inside look at OCDE’s Print Shop

Nathaniel Martinez December 22, 2025

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

Community Home Education Program library

VIDEO: OCDE program provides parents with the tools to educate their children at home

Ian Hanigan February 2, 2017

If you’re not familiar with OCDE’s Community Home Education Program, it bundles an array of resources designed to help parents who choose to...

Mijares: Di sản của một vụ kiện quan trọng tiếp tục tồn tại sau bẩy mươi năm.

Ian Hanigan January 31, 2017

Vào năm 1943, Gonzalo và Felicitas Mendez đã làm điều mà nhiều gia đình ở Quận Cam vẫn làm hàng...

Mijares: Setenta años después, el legado de un proceso judicial histórico sigue vigente

Ian Hanigan January 31, 2017

En 1943, Gonzalo y Felicitas Méndez hicieron lo que muchas familias del condado de Orange hacen cada año, buscaron matricular a sus hijos en la escuela de su vecindario. Pero fueron rechazados de la escuela 17th Street School en Westminster...

An image of Orange County Superintendent Al Mijares

Mijares: Seventy years later, the legacy of a landmark court case lives on

Al Mijares January 31, 2017

In 1943, Gonzalo and Felicitas Mendez did what many Orange County families do each year — they sought to enroll...

Pacifica High School student delivers soapbox speech in Washington, D.C.

Ian Hanigan January 30, 2017

A high schooler from Garden Grove recently traveled to Washington, D.C. to deliver a speech in historic Lafayette Square as...

Weekly roundup: OC Academic Decathlon, the Battle of the Books, virtual enterprises and more

Ian Hanigan January 27, 2017

Beginning tomorrow and continuing the following Saturday, high school teams from throughout the county will convene for the 49th annual Orange County Academic Decathlon. We’ve got that and more in this week’s roundup of local education news. Three students from OCDE’s Deaf and...

Students at a dress rehearsal for the OCDE STEM Student Showcase

VIDEO: This year’s OC STEM Student Showcase takes a hands-on — and minds-on — approach

Ian Hanigan January 26, 2017

The OC STEM Student Showcase, featuring some of the county’s top science, technology, engineering and math projects from grades K through 12, will...

Fountain Valley High School’s virtual enterprise goes national

Ian Hanigan January 25, 2017

A team of young entrepreneurs from Fountain Valley High School has placed fifth in a state battle of simulated businesses....

Students at the Orange County Academic Decathlon

High school teams prep for the 49th annual Orange County Academic Decathlon

Ian Hanigan January 24, 2017

Decathletes, take your marks. Over the next two Saturdays, 43 local high schools will participate in the 49th annual Orange County Academic Decathlon, competing for top honors and an invitation to represent Orange County at the California Academic Decathlon. This...

Students competing in the Battle of the Books competition

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

Ian Hanigan January 23, 2017

Three students from OCDE’s Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program at Venado Middle School in Irvine have advanced to the...