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OCDE’s 5-3-1 Strategic Plan lays the groundwork for 2026

Ian Hanigan December 29, 2025
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REGISTER NOW: Project GLAD® Spring Institute 2026 to bolster language and literacy instruction

Nathaniel Martinez December 23, 2025
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Let’s look back at some of the top OCDE Newsroom stories of 2025

Ian Hanigan December 23, 2025
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Not just a green button: An inside look at OCDE’s Print Shop

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
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Six continuation schools from OC are recognized as state models

Ian Hanigan February 15, 2022
Six continuation schools in Orange County have been recognized among California’s Model Continuation High Schools for 2022. The local honorees...
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OCDE administrator earns state honors as an advocate for counseling

Ian Hanigan February 14, 2022
OCDE’s director of learning support services has been honored by the California Association of School Counselors. Dr. Jami Parsons, who...
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Weekly roundup: Undersea art in Irvine, school wellness centers, and more

Ian Hanigan February 11, 2022
Students from University High School in Irvine recently completed an art project with an undersea theme and an anti-pollution message. Large jellies, a crab, a puffer fish and a tusked narwhal were created from used recyclables, including trash bags, plastic bottles,...
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OCDE honors four counselors and a counseling advocate during National School Counseling Week

Ian Hanigan February 11, 2022
Four top school counselors and an educational leader have been honored through OCDE’s annual Counselor Recognition and Counselor Advocate Awards...
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OCDE and Vanguard University to cohost conference on human trafficking, state of children in OC

Ian Hanigan February 9, 2022
Vanguard University is partnering with the Orange County Department of Education to present a two-day hybrid conference on human trafficking...
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Discovery Cube in OC to host ‘Teachers Night Out’ event on Feb. 10

Ian Hanigan February 7, 2022
Discovery Cube in Orange County is inviting local educators to attend its annual Teachers Night Out celebration on Thursday, Feb. 10.   The event will take place from 4 to 7 p.m. at the children’s science museum, distinguished by its iconic...
La Quinta HS Lunar New Year

Weekly roundup: OC schools celebrate the Lunar New Year, Edison High gets a new pool, and more

Nichole Pichardo February 4, 2022
Celebrations were underway this week at schools across Orange County to welcome the Year of the Tiger, or more commonly...
Dr. Mario A. Carlos LHCSD

La Habra City School District names new superintendent

Nichole Pichardo February 1, 2022
The La Habra City School District has announced its next superintendent. Dr. Mario A. Carlos, who’s been serving the district...
Dr. Carol Hansen

Ocean View School District superintendent announces retirement

Nichole Pichardo January 31, 2022
Ocean View School District Superintendent Dr. Carol Hansen has announced she’ll retire from the district in July 2022, capping a 37-year career in public education. “I am so proud to have been associated with everyone in the Ocean View School...
Great Kindness Challenge

Weekly roundup: Spreading kindness across OC, big changes to the SAT, and more

Nichole Pichardo January 28, 2022
The world could use some extra kindness right now, and students across Orange County are working to deliver it. As...
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