Blog | Alliance for Catholic Education

Students in front of class door smiling

Good News

I love teaching religion. When I learned I would be teaching religion in a 5th-grade classroom with a majority of non-Catholic students, I wondered what it would be like. My...

Members of ACE Brownsville around the dinner table

Mi Casa Es Su Casa

HEY READERS, this is ACE Brownsville, welcome to our crib! To introduce myself, I am your host, Maddie Schlehuber, and here in ACE Brownsville, we live in a charming home...

Surveying the Learning Environment - Part 1: Qualities of Successful Learning Environments

Your class is just different now. In fact, it's undergone numerous iterations, reversals, and adjustments of which "different" it is. Room layout changes one week, then distance learning the next...

"The mind will not be cultivated at the expense of the heart."

"The mind will not be cultivated at the expense of the heart." To a Notre Dame student, these words, plastered around University advertisements and brochures, perhaps have become a bit...

What Catholic Education Has Taught Me

From kindergarten through eighth grade, I attended a very small Catholic school in central Wisconsin. St. Francis was the only Catholic school in my town, and one of only fourteen...

Celebrate Good Times? Even Amid a Pandemic, Catholic Schools Bring the Joy

"Umm...what are we celebrating, Miss Ogden?" The voice came through Kathy Ogden's computer speakers, barely audible over the uplifting beats of "Celebration" by Kool & The Gang. "We just finished...

The Road to Inclusion

The Program for Inclusive Education (PIE) is pleased to include educators (teachers, administrators, paraprofessionals, etc.) in the 18-credit hour program. Any educator who would like to learn about serving ALL...

PIE...A Perfect Addition to Your Educational Training

The Program for Inclusive Education (PIE) trains educators from all across the country of varying ages, ethnicities, and content backgrounds. It is our sincere pleasure when an ACE graduate joins...

Making Pandemic Changes Count: Part 3 - Shape the Path to Change

"Switched" by brendonhatcher is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 Large-scale school change is possible and can come from the leadership of individual teachers. Higher-Powered Learning has contextualized the first two...

From PIE's Desk to Yours

The Program for Inclusive Education (PIE) presents a special resource this month: From PIE's Desk to Yours. We hope you enjoy words of affirmation from inclusive educators who participated with...

ACE Blog

Good News

Mi Casa Es Su Casa