Weekly roundup: September school start dates; Laguna Beach USD considers weekly COVID-19 testing for students; and more Nichole Pichardo September 3, 2021As we’ve mentioned, most of Orange County’s 28 school districts began their fall semesters last month, with the Centralia School...
Orange Unified partners with Verizon to bring free technology to underserved middle school students Nichole Pichardo September 2, 2021Two middle schools in the Orange Unified School District will soon benefit from a nationwide tech education program set to...
#kindness1billion: Garden Grove USD grad gives back by donating backpacks to kindergarteners Nichole Pichardo August 30, 2021Kindergarten students at Heritage Computer Science Academy in the Garden Grove Unified School District are now prepared for the new...
Weekly roundup: Santa Ana principal saluted as a ‘SoCal Hero,’ understanding quarantine guidance, and more Ian Hanigan August 27, 2021Like all Santa Ana Unified campuses, James Madison Elementary offered only distance learning for the entirety of the 2020-21 school...
OCDE’s new leader of alternative education banking on innovative and individualized instruction to engage students Ian Hanigan August 25, 2021Career paths don’t always follow straight lines. Vern Burton knows this as well as anyone. In his younger days, Burton...
Highlights from the first few weeks of the 2021-22 school year Nichole Pichardo August 23, 2021It’s the most wonderful time of the year! With staggered start dates from August to the beginning of September, districts...
Weekly roundup: Anaheim Union partners with Google; OC students head back to the classroom; and more Nichole Pichardo August 20, 2021Students in the Anaheim Union High School District will soon have the opportunity to take job-specific training courses and earn...
Weekly roundup: An OC prep football preview, reactions to the state’s public health order, and more Ian Hanigan August 13, 2021With the Delta variant surging, most of this week’s education news understandably centered on COVID-19 protocols, including the new public...
State to require all school staff to show proof of vaccination or submit to weekly testing Ian Hanigan August 11, 2021California will require that all teachers and school employees show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or get tested on a...
Weekly roundup: Local organization donates over 10,000 backpacks to Santa Ana USD students; state superintendent visits Southern California; and more Nichole Pichardo August 6, 2021Over ten thousand students in the Santa Ana Unified School District this week received backpacks with school supplies from Karina’s...
