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Ian Hanigan March 13, 2026
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Ian Hanigan December 15, 2023
State education officials have unveiled the 2023 edition of the California School Dashboard. First introduced by the California Department of...
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Placentia-Yorba Linda announces plans to convert middle school to computer science charter

Ian Hanigan December 13, 2023
The Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District has announced that Bernardo Yorba Middle School in Yorba Linda will be converted into a charter school starting with the 2024-25 school year. The Orange County School of Computer Science, or OCSCS, was unanimously...
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Madeline Gray December 8, 2023
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Ian Hanigan December 7, 2023
In 2016, Ray Chavez, then the oldest known survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor, and fellow U.S. Navy veteran Adam Romero shared their memories of Dec. 7, 1941 with OCDE’s Media Services team as part of a collaborative project...
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Ian Hanigan December 6, 2023
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OCDE seeks community feedback with Universal PreKindergarten survey

Madeline Gray December 6, 2023
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Annual Orange County Music and Arts Administrator Awards to honor educators and advocates

Vicky Nguyen December 6, 2023
Teachers and administrators who inspire students to be creative and work towards unlocking their potential through arts education will be honored at the 2024 Orange County Music and Arts Administrators — or OCMAA — Awards Ceremony on Feb. 27.  The...
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Vicky Nguyen December 1, 2023
A senior from Woodbridge High School was named Hero of the Week by KNX News 97.1 FM. In an interview...
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