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A group of elementary students and their principal stand near a red barn and garden area on Golden View Elementary’s school farm.

OC Impact School: At Golden View Elementary, hands-on learning grows from farm to classroom

Ian Hanigan May 13, 2026

FutureCurrent: CEO Sloane Keane on the transformative power of mentorship

Madeline Gray May 12, 2026

Connections student Savannah accepts her award alongside members of the Orange County Board of Education and Superintendent Dr. Stefan Bean.

OCDE students reflect on the significance of service, sacrifice through Jack R. Hammett Memorial Day Essay and Art Contest

Nathaniel Martinez May 11, 2026

A Hopkinson Elementary School student interacts with a sensory station created by Los Alamitos High School freshman Wesley Avery for the school’s Multi-Aged Huskies classroom.

Weekly roundup: Los Alamitos freshman creates sensory station for former school, and more

Vicky Nguyen May 8, 2026

Computer screen displaying a warning message attributed to “ShinyHunters” claiming responsibility for a cybersecurity breach involving the Canvas learning management platform.

Schools worldwide respond to Canvas security breach and service disruptions

Ian Hanigan May 7, 2026

A mother and daughter are greeted at OCDE's Child Care Services program

VIDEO: OCDE’s Child Care Services program helps parents subsidize cost of care

Ian Hanigan February 8, 2017

Need help caring for your child while you’re at work or school? Among the many services offered by OCDE, the...

State program reimburses groups that provide meals to low-income students

Ian Hanigan February 6, 2017

The application window is open for California’s Summer Food Service Program, which reimburses organizations that offer free meals to low-income...

Weekly roundup: A landmark court case remembered, Newport-Mesa talks term limits and more

Ian Hanigan February 3, 2017

It’s Friday, Feb. 3, which is welcome news if your name is Phil Connors. And for everyone else, here’s our weekly roundup of education news stories impacting Orange County. This year marks the 70th anniversary of a landmark court case from Orange...

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...