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Orange County Superintendent Dr. Stefan Bean and Project Tomorrow CEO Julie Evans pose together in the OCDE Media Services studio

FutureCurrent: Project Tomorrow CEO Julie Evans on AI, student voice and the future of learning

Ian Hanigan September 29, 2026

OCDE Student Programs and Services Coordinator Jeanne Awrey, left, and Senior Administrative Assistant Terri Glover hold welcome gifts prepared for children and youth staying in local homeless shelters. The gifts include school supplies, books and other items selected for students of different ages.

School data offer a different look at student homelessness in Orange County

Vicky Nguyen September 28, 2026

Los Alamitos Unified School District students greeted their peers onto campus with welcoming signs to celebrate Start With Hello Week.

Los Alamitos Unified students build connections during Start With Hello Week

Madeline Gray September 25, 2026

Westminster High School Principal Amy Sabol joins students during the Giving Farm’s annual watermelon harvest.

Weekly roundup: Westminster High students harvest watermelons for OC Food Bank, and more

Vicky Nguyen September 25, 2026

Orange County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Stefan Bean, center, joins OCDE staff and the 2026 Orange County Counselors and Advocates of the Year at the 12th annual Orange County Counselor Symposium on Feb. 4.

OCDE seeks presenters, award nominees for 2027 OC Counselor Symposium

Vicky Nguyen September 24, 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...