Weekly roundup: Extended in-person learning plans, revised youth sports guidance and more Nichole Pichardo March 26, 2021A growing number of Orange County school districts are developing plans to offer in-person learning five days a week. The...
OCDE announces the county’s top classified school employees for 2021 Ian Hanigan March 24, 2021OCDE has named its top classified school employees of the year — and this year there are even more to...
State Board of Education approves ethnic studies curriculum for high schools Nichole Pichardo March 22, 2021The California State Board of Education has unanimously approved the nation’s first statewide ethnic studies curriculum for high schools. The...
Weekly roundup: Costa Mesa students’ football launcher scores big, Laguna Beach secondary students return, and more Ian Hanigan March 19, 2021Three juniors from Costa Mesa High School earned first place in a STEM competition that tasked them with coding, building and...
11 OC campuses are named California Distinguished Schools Ian Hanigan March 18, 2021Eleven Orange County secondary schools have earned the state’s highest honor as California Distinguished Schools. The local winners are: Oxford...
Brea siblings turn virtual language lessons into a charitable business Nichole Pichardo March 18, 2021What started as a weekly game of “Go Fish” with grandma has turned into a charitable business for a brother-sister...
State Board of Education seeks additional testing flexibility for schools Ian Hanigan March 17, 2021The state Board of Education is looking to give California school districts expanded options for assessing student learning this spring...
Weekly roundup: Honoring OC’s school administrators, adjusting high school sports transportation strategies, and more Nichole Pichardo March 12, 2021More than 20 Orange County educational leaders and a local nonprofit were celebrated this week by the Association of California...
VIDEO: ‘One Day’ short film looks at life inside OCDE’s Adult Transition program Nichole Pichardo March 11, 2021A new short film produced by OCDE’s Communications and Media Services unit follows one class of Adult Transition students at...
Students from OCDE’s Otto Fischer School are building kindness one desk at a time Nichole Pichardo March 10, 2021It all started with an idea for a kindness project. Now, students from Otto A. Fischer School are building desks...
