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Educators at Project GLAD Spring Institute

REGISTER NOW: Project GLAD® Spring Institute 2026 to bolster language and literacy instruction

Nathaniel Martinez December 23, 2025
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Ian Hanigan December 23, 2025
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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
Loara High School softball players at ceremony for school alum Lauren Lappin.

Weekly roundup: Loara High retires jersey of softball alum, county names classified employees of the year, and more

Madeline Gray March 24, 2023
After playing professional softball and competing in the Olympic games, former Loara High School softball star Lauren Lappin returned to...
Westminster School District leaders welcome Superintendent Dr. Gunn Marie Hansen

Westminster School District selects Dr. Gunn Marie Hansen to fill superintendent vacancy

Ian Hanigan March 23, 2023
After reviewing more than 30 qualified candidates, the Westminster School District has a new superintendent.  Westminster’s Board of Education voted...
Marina High School students beautification project

Marina High’s Helping Hands club welcomes spring with a beautification project

Vicky Nguyen March 22, 2023
As students, staff and school community members visit Marina High’s administrative building in the coming weeks, they will be welcomed with fresh flowers and plants surrounding the campus.  On March 4, the school’s Helping Hands club members, teacher and advisor...
Garden Grove Unified School District Jayden Ham

Garden Grove eighth-grader voices lead role in Nickelodeon’s ‘Bossy Bear’

Madeline Gray March 21, 2023
Middle schoolers at Irvine Intermediate School may know Jayden Ham as an eighth-grader who enjoys creating pixelated animations and taking...
Title with star Orange County Classified School Employees of the Year

OCDE announces the 2023 Orange County Classified School Employees of the Year

Vicky Nguyen March 20, 2023
The 2023 Orange County Classified School Employees of the Year are nine exemplary school workers who pour their hearts into...
NMUSD Spyder Lab at Back Bay High School

Weekly roundup: Newport-Mesa’s Spyder Lab gives students business skills, MTSS conference opens registration, and more

Vicky Nguyen March 17, 2023
There was a time when Back Bay High School senior Davian Gonzalez didn’t look forward to going to school or planning for college, but that changed once he stepped foot into the Spyder Lab on campus. This school year, the...
Warner Middle School's Kid Conference

Warner Middle School prioritizes student growth at ‘Stranger Things’-themed conference

Madeline Gray March 17, 2023
Warner Middle School students showed their peers how to improve their communication, embrace their individuality and prepare for their future...
Sylvia Mendez and city officials

Sylvia Mendez shares her family’s legacy with OCDE alternative education students

Madeline Gray March 15, 2023
At 9 years old, Sylvia Mendez attended court trials with her family to fight school segregation in her community, and...
2022 CA MTSS PLI

Registration is open for the sixth annual California MTSS conference

Ian Hanigan March 14, 2023
Educators, administrators, counselors and other school-based professionals are invited to register now for the 2023 CA MTSS Professional Learning Institute, a three-day summer conference aimed at promoting the academic, behavioral and social-emotional success of all learners.  Hosted by the Orange...
Golden Elementary students perform at the 2023 OCMAA Awards Ceremony on Feb. 8.

Q&A: Student arts programs poised to expand with Measure 28 funding

Madeline Gray March 13, 2023
Helping students succeed from K-12 to college and beyond has been a priority for Orange County educators, and with funding...
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