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DACA and California’s education system: Some answers to common questions

Fermin Leal September 6, 2017

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced plans to phase out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, and...

Weekly roundup: Former teacher builds $50 million company, another round of schools start and more

Fermin Leal August 25, 2017

Former Fountain Valley School District teacher Rachelle Cracchiolo transformed a tiny home business creating teaching materials into a $50-million-a-year international...

Weekly roundup: Student-built satellite ready to launch, new AP computer science class pays off, and more

Ian Hanigan July 28, 2017

Five … four … three … two … A miniature satellite built by 150 high schoolers from six Irvine campuses...

Weekly roundup: A revised state budget proposal, a groundbreaking in Capo USD, dental services and more

Ian Hanigan May 12, 2017

Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled his latest spending proposal this week, calling for an increase in funding for California’s public schools and community...

Weekly roundup: Retired principal begins second career as hot dog vendor

Fermin Leal April 14, 2017

Rick Jameson has gone from running a middle school to running a hot dog stand in the span of a...

Weekly roundup: An out-of-this-world chat, classified employees of the year and more

Ian Hanigan April 7, 2017

Students from Betsy Ross Elementary in Anaheim were treated to an out-of-this-world experience this week. About 150 of them got...

VIDEO: Beckman High student awarded for smartphone app capable of locating disaster survivors

Ian Hanigan March 13, 2017

OK, so this is pretty cool. A junior from Beckman High School in the Tustin Unified School District was recently...

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Weekly roundup: Read Across America, Irvine’s new high school, Teachers of the Year and more

Ian Hanigan March 3, 2017

This week, schools across Orange County invited special guests to read their favorite children’s books in honor of Read Across America Day. Established...

Woodbridge High students celebrate their victory at the Orange County Academic Decathlon Friday night

Weekly roundup: Teams advance to state decathlon, OCDE leads statewide initiative, Villa Park hosts a French wedding and more

Ian Hanigan February 17, 2017

Since publishing our last weekly roundup, we learned that Irvine’s Woodbridge High School earned the highest team score in this...

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Weekly roundup: OC music teacher honored, young violinist gets a big stage and more

Ian Hanigan February 10, 2017

This week, we learned that Tesoro High School music teacher Keith Hancock will get to attend this year’s Grammy Awards after...

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