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Students from Segerstrom High School’s Class of 2025 take part in their graduation ceremony on May 28.

Weekly roundup: OC districts join CSU Direct Admission Program for fall 2026, and more

Vicky Nguyen December 12, 2025
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Dr. Bean: OCDE is investing in bold ideas to strengthen student success

Stefan Bean December 10, 2025
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OCDE to host Math Instructional Materials Fair on Jan. 22

Vicky Nguyen December 9, 2025

SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union opens scholarship application period for student members

Vicky Nguyen December 9, 2025
Mesa View Middle School students took part in an aerial art project, creating a live image of a humpback whale for the Art for the Sky program. (Screenshot courtesy of Daniel Dancer)

Weekly roundup: Mesa View students create 130-foot whale art in campuswide project, and more

Madeline Gray December 5, 2025
A student on an Academic decathlon team holds up two numbers indicating his team answered a question correctly

Academic event season has arrived. Here are some important dates in 2023.

Ian Hanigan January 9, 2023
A new year is upon us, and that means we’ve officially entered academic event season.   Over the next six months,...
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38 Orange County elementary campuses named California Distinguished Schools

Madeline Gray January 6, 2023
Thirty-eight elementary schools in Orange County have been recognized by State Superintendent Tony Thurmond as 2023 California Distinguished Schools. After...
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Weekly roundup: Ocean View students complete exclusive business program, education career fair approaches, and more

Madeline Gray January 6, 2023
Four juniors and four seniors from Ocean View High School were selected to participate in a six-week business academy hosted by Life Science Intelligence. Reported by the Daily Pilot, the medical device-focused marketing research and events company based in Huntington...
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OCDE to host Orange County schools winter Career Fair on Jan. 10

Vicky Nguyen January 5, 2023
Are you interested in starting the new year with a career in education, or are you an educator looking for...
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2022 in Review: A look back at some of the OCDE Newsroom’s most notable stories

Ian Hanigan December 27, 2022
2022 began inauspiciously enough, with a massive Covid-19 spike that caused widespread absences following winter break. But then case rates...
Al Mijares at his desk

Mijares: New park in Westminster honors desegregation’s Orange County roots

Al Mijares December 26, 2022
On a crisp December morning, the City of Westminster and the Orange County Department of Education celebrated the opening of a new park honoring the historic case of Mendez v. Westminster, which put an end to forced segregation in California’s public schools...
Vanessa and Natalia Bryant with Kaiser Elementary School students and staff and Orange County Department of Education staff

OCDE shares Punies Lesson Series with Vanessa and Natalia Bryant at Costa Mesa school

Madeline Gray December 23, 2022
After four months of listening to “The Punies” podcast and identifying with the stories, a class of third-graders at Kaiser...
Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson (Photo by David K. Riddick)

National Endowment of the Arts leader to speak in Orange County lecture series

Madeline Gray December 19, 2022
The Creative Edge Lecture series will return to the Irvine Barclay Theatre in February and welcome the chair of the...
Corona Del Mar student Maxwell Tran and teacher Todd Eversgerd.

Weekly roundup: Middle schooler to present at medical conference, Garden Grove seniors ‘adopt’ kindergartners for holiday event, and more

Madeline Gray December 16, 2022
Just a day after his 14th birthday, eighth-grader Maxwell Tran will present to an audience of medical professionals and students at a research conference. The Daily Pilot reported that the Corona del Mar Middle School student crafted a 3,000-character research...
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The California School Dashboard is back. Here’s what’s changed in 2022.

Ian Hanigan December 15, 2022
After a three-year hiatus, the California School Dashboard has returned. Considered the centerpiece of the state’s school accountability efforts, the...
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