Weekly roundup: Investigating Salem in 1692, cheering a hero’s return, competing for scholarships, and more Ian Hanigan March 29, 2019A group of students from Thurston Middle School in Laguna Beach recently conducted a mock crime-scene investigation based on one...
CHEP Expo spotlights student projects from OCDE’s homeschooling program Ian Hanigan March 27, 2019Exhibits documenting shark behavior, underwater volcanoes, the Black Plague and the mechanical advantages of pulleys were among the projects on...
Weekly roundup: California’s new schools chief, detection dogs in Fullerton, and more Ian Hanigan February 1, 2019California’s new superintendent of public instruction was abandoned by his father and lost his mother to cancer at age 6....
OCDE’s Inside the Outdoors leads Upper Newport Bay clean-up Ian Hanigan January 23, 2019More than 200 local volunteers scooped 600 pounds of trash from the Upper Newport Bay estuary on Saturday during a...
Entrepreneurs from Oak Grove Elementary get a crash course on business at holiday fair Ian Hanigan December 20, 2018Those who were in desperate need of last-minute gifts found some relief Wednesday at Oak Grove Elementary School, where fifth-graders...
#kindness1billion: PAL programs compete in annual Kindness Challenge Ian Hanigan December 11, 2018A handful of Peer Assistance Leadership programs recently let us know how they celebrated last month’s World Kindness Day. Administered by OCDE, PAL...
Educators, industry leaders invited to attend fourth annual OC Pathways Showcase on Nov. 27 Ian Hanigan November 14, 2018There’s still time for educators and industry leaders to be part of the fourth annual OC Pathways Showcase, which will...
OC Pathways Showcase to celebrate partnerships between educators, industry leaders Ian Hanigan October 31, 2018How can students prepare themselves for success in a world of artificial intelligence and automation? For the past five years,...
Free esports webinar for parents, educators will look at the benefits of competitive gaming Ian Hanigan October 26, 2018The North America Scholastic Esports Federation, which began as an Orange County league, is hosting a free webinar next week...
For one OC class, an assignment on kindness turns into a kindness movement Ian Hanigan October 8, 2018It began with a simple classroom assignment: Perform one random act of kindness every day for a month, and write...
