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REGISTER NOW: ITO announces themes for annual Summer Day Camp

Nathaniel Martinez April 2, 2026

UC Irvine student apprentice Alina Yuan, left, collaborates with marketing program manager Kimberly Chai on design concepts for Division of Career Pathways materials at UC Irvine.

WATCH: OCDE, UC Irvine apprenticeships support Orange County workforce pipeline

Vicky Nguyen April 1, 2026

Leadership coach Allyson Apsey joined Dr. Stefan Bean on set for the latest episode of the FutureCurrent podcast.

FutureCurrent: Leadership coach Allyson Apsey on building stronger school cultures

Madeline Gray March 31, 2026

Anaheim Union educators at the Student & Community Voice AI Summit

Four OC school districts recognized for leading the way in AI integration

Nathaniel Martinez March 30, 2026

Dr. Bean: A moment to reflect — and a look ahead

Stefan Bean March 30, 2026

Orange County Superior Court Judge Frederick Aguirre

VIDEO: OCDE teams up with Latino Advocates for Education to document veterans’ stories

Ian Hanigan March 9, 2016

For nearly 20 years, the group known as Latino Advocates for Education has been conducting research on Mexican-American veterans from...

An image of a flier for the 28th annual Child Abuse Prevention & Treatment Conference

Orange County educational leaders invited to this month’s child abuse prevention conference

Staff reports March 8, 2016

According to the Raise Foundation, which serves as Orange County’s child abuse prevention council, there were more than 40,000 cases of...

VIDEO: College and Career Preparatory Academy offers young adults a flexible path to graduation

Ian Hanigan March 8, 2016

Since opening in September, OCDE’s College and Career Preparatory Academy has filled a niche in Orange County by offering students who have aged out of traditional schools a path to a diploma — and possibly college. Approved by the Orange...

Judge clarifies order to share student records with plaintiffs in suit against state education department

Ian Hanigan March 7, 2016

After receiving an overwhelming number of objection notices from parents, a federal district court judge has clarified the process for...

Students from Washington Middle School in La Habra being honored by state Senator Bob Huff

VIDEO: La Habra students honored at state Capitol for award-winning water conservation plan

Staff reports March 4, 2016

State Senator Bob Huff (R-San Dimas) recently honored a group of Orange County students at the State Capitol for their...

An image of Hailey Quirk, a traveling scientist with Inside the Outdoors, with a red-tailed hawk named Apollo

OCDE in 30 Seconds: A traveling scientist from Inside the Outdoors brings a guest

Ian Hanigan March 3, 2016

OCDE’s popular Inside the Outdoors program boasts 14 field trip sites in Orange County and another one in Los Angeles County. It also dispatches traveling scientists to area schools to promote the awareness and appreciation of science. For our latest installment...

An image of Laurel School in Brea Olinda

Brea district’s first magnet school to open this fall

Staff reports March 1, 2016

Brea Olinda Unified School District Superintendent Brad Mason has announced plans to transform a current elementary school into the city’s...

An image of a student displaying her National History Day project

Local students prepare for National History Day-Orange County competition

Ian Hanigan March 1, 2016

More than 550 young historians representing 38 schools and a dozen school districts are getting ready to showcase their websites, papers,...

An image of students participating in the OC Spelling Bee

Placentia student wins OC Spelling Bee for second time in three years

Ian Hanigan February 29, 2016

After 11 rounds and about three and a half hours, it came down to one word — “cataclastic.” Samuel Littrell, an eighth-grader from Kraemer Middle School in the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District, spelled it perfectly on Saturday, Feb. 27,...

State spotlights three OC campuses on its list of model middle schools

Staff reports February 26, 2016

State Superintendent Tom Torlakson has recognized three Orange County campuses, among a list of just 33 in California, as high-performing middle...