Weekly roundup: Classified staff grant program pays off, revisiting the state’s funding formula, and more Ian Hanigan January 10, 2020A state program that seeks to address California’s teacher shortage by training school employees to become classroom teachers appears to...
Santa Ana Unified teacher again a finalist for Grammy educator award Fermin Leal January 9, 2020A music teacher from the Santa Ana Unified School District was named one of 10 finalists nationwide for the 2020 Grammy...
Forum on preventing hate incidents in schools spurs conversations about tolerance Fermin Leal January 8, 2020Incidents of bullying, violence, discrimination and other hate-related cases have spread across schools nationally, including those in Orange County. So...
Poet Laureate to speak in OC as part of Creative Edge Lecture series Ian Hanigan January 7, 2020Author and performer Joy Harjo, who was recently named the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States, has been announced...
Contest at OCC challenges students to simulate Mars rover mission Ian Hanigan January 6, 2020Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa will serve as the Southern California hub for NASA’s ROADS on Mars Student Challenge,...
VIDEO: Internship offers insight into different aspects of engineering careers Fermin Leal December 31, 2019Melanie, a student in the Garden Grove Unified School District, learned the roles in sales, client management and project presentation...
Anaheim Union students clean up at Project Soapbox speech competition Ian Hanigan December 30, 2019We’re written a few times here about Project Soapbox, a public speaking competition that challenges young people across the country...
Year in review: 10 notable OCDE Newsroom stories from 2019 Fermin Leal December 26, 2019Now that the year is nearly over, it’s time to look back on the most read and most notable OCDE...
Weekly roundup: Ocean View debuts new Central Kitchen, artificial intelligence enters the classroom, and more Ian Hanigan December 20, 2019The Ocean View School District unveiled its new Central Kitchen this week. As the Orange County Register reported, the 13,000-square-foot...
State names 35 OC campuses as 2020 California Distinguished Schools Fermin Leal December 18, 2019The state Department of Education has named 35 Orange County campuses as 2020 California Distinguished Schools, the top honor for...