In the news: Santa Ana High School senior accepted to Harvard University Nichole Pichardo January 4, 2021From print to television news, local media outlets are buzzing about a viral video of a Santa Ana High School...
COVID-19 updates from 2020 Staff reports December 31, 2020Below is our running COVID-19 digest for 2020, with older stories posted at the bottom of the page. For the...
Governor announces new plan and financial incentives to encourage safe return to in-person instruction Nichole Pichardo December 30, 2020Citing evidence that younger learners pose a lower risk of transmitting COVID-19, Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday announced a new...
Rethinking what it means to connect: 10 Orange County teachers share their 2020 perspectives Ian Hanigan December 30, 2020How do we begin to describe 2020? And how will we look back on it? Over the last 12 months,...
Reflecting on an unprecedented year: 10 notable OCDE Newsroom stories from 2020 Nichole Pichardo December 29, 2020It goes without saying that 2020 has been a year like no other. And now, looking back, we can see...
Mijares: A year of distress and disruption also highlighted our resilience Al Mijares December 28, 2020It is impossible to overstate the challenges our schools were presented with this year, from having to immediately pivot to...
Capo elementary teacher is a finalist in presidential awards program for math and science educators Ian Hanigan December 24, 2020An elementary teacher in the Capistrano Unified School District is among a half-dozen state finalists in the 2020 Presidential Awards...
OCDE represented on list of Orange County’s 100 Most Influential People Ian Hanigan December 23, 2020An OCDE program administrator has made the Orange County Register’s list of OC’s Most Influential People of 2020. Kirk Anderson,...
Pandemic or not, Pacifica High School’s Adopt-A-Child brings holiday cheer Ian Hanigan December 23, 2020Pacifica High School’s annual Adopt-A-Child event been a winter tradition for more than 30 years. And it wasn’t about to...
Foundation surprises local third-graders: ‘Everybody’s getting a bike!’ Ian Hanigan December 22, 2020For the fifth straight year, the nonprofit Bikes for Kids Foundation paid a visit to a Tustin Unified elementary school...
