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  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    Anaheim Schools Axe 'Humiliating' Color-Coded Student ID Program

    ​The Anaheim Union High School District went under fire last week for segregating kids based on color, though not in the way you may think.   Two schools, John F. Kennedy in La Palma and Cypress in Anaheim, required students to carry around identification cards and matching planners in colors ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    Capistrano School Program To Teach Kids in Chinese

    ​Ni hao. Recognizing that China is set to become the next global superpower and that Mandarin is the most-spoken language in the world, Capistrano Unified School District trustees approved what will be the county's first Chinese-English language program.  Those in the program, which ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2010

    Orange County Register Teacher Salary Expedition Spooks Public School Instructors

    ​An Orange County Register editorial project that relies on the names, campuses and salaries of all public school teachers in the county has riled many instructors, a state teacher union official confirmed.This was most dramatically played out in the Huntington Beach Union High School District (HB ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    Top 10 OC Public High Schools*

    ​* based on state rankingsThe California Department of Education's just-released Academic Performance Index (API) rankings show 120 of 554 Orange County schools rank among the state's best. And 82 schools received the highest ranking when compared with schools with similar demographics.The Orange ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    Top 10 OC Public Elementary Schools*

    ​OK, we've given you the top 10 public schools in Orange County on the high school and middle school levels.**based on the California Department of Education's just-released Academic Performance Index (API) rankings, which are derived from statewide test scores. What follows are the 10 best OC ele ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    Bottom 10 OC Public High Schools*

    ​* based on state rankingsStudents who did not sleep through their science classes know that what goes up must come down, for every action there is an opposite reaction and if the California Department of Education releases Academic Performance Index rankings that can be used to list the top 10 sc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    Bottom 10 OC Public Middle Schools*

    ​* based on state rankingsEarlier today, we ranked the top 10 public middle schools in Orange County based on the California Department of Education's just-released Academic Performance Index (API) rankings.Since Santa Ana Unified School District schools took up the bottom four rungs on the list ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    10 Bottom OC Elementary Schools*

    ​*based on the California Department of Education's just-released Academic Performance Index (API) rankings, which are derived from statewide test scores. We listed the top 10 public elementary schools in Orange County earlier today, so here come the bottom 10, in descending order. (Numero uno doe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    [UPDATED:] 3 MORE Santa Ana Schools Among California's Worst

    UPDATE: Three more Santa Ana schools have been added the list of the worst of the worst schools in California (details below) . . . Valley High School blogFreshmen engineering students at Valley High School put the pieces together.​Valley High, Century High and Willard Intermediate schools, which ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2009

    3 OC Schools Escape No Child Left Behind Sanctions, CTA Crows

    Just another day of learning at Kinoshita Elementary School.​California Teachers Association (CTA) is taking credit for three elementary schools in Orange County improving enough academically to escape vulnerability to sanctions or forced conversion to charter schools under the federal No Child Le ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2009

    Santa Ana Teachers Protest Funding Shift in State Budget

    ​Teachers from the Santa Ana Unified School District are among educators from 13 low-income school systems protesting at the Capitol in Sacramento right now over funding that may be lost with the enactment of the 2009-2010 state budget.The Quality Education and Investment Act was established in 20 ... More >>

  • News

    September 30, 2004

    No Child Left Behind the Front Line

    Start of classes speeds recruitment drive at Orange County schools

  • News

    October 19, 2000

    The Yanni Effect

    UCI research linking Mozart and IQ under attack

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