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American Indian Catholic Schools Network Secures $1 Million Grant from the Better Way Foundation to Advance Mission of Indigenous Catholic Education

The American Indian Catholic Schools Network (AICSN), a program within the Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) at the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Educational Initiatives (IEI), has been awarded...

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Notre Dame Awarded AmeriCorps Funding to Connect 500 Volunteer Tutors to Cognitive Science

The University of Notre Dame has received a $640,108 grant from AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteerism. This funding, provided through the Volunteer Generation Fund (VGF), is...

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St. Anthony Indian's School

St. Anthony’s Indian School Joins AICSN

St. Anthony’s Indian School, a Catholic school on the western edge of New Mexico that has served the Zuni community for nearly 100 years, has joined the American Indian Catholic...

Dr. Kati Macaluso

Macaluso Named Teaching Fellows Academic Director

Kati Macaluso, an assistant teaching professor in the Institute for Educational Initiatives at the University of Notre Dame, has been named the academic director of the ACE Teaching Fellows program...

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St. Joseph's Indian School Earns Reaccreditation

(Chamberlain, S.D.) – A recent announcement by Social Current confirmed that St. Joseph’s Indian School is reaccredited through a process conducted this past fall by the Council on Accreditation (COA)...

2023 Issues

Looking Forward to 2023

As we look ahead to 2023, we asked leaders from ACE and the Institute for Educational Initiatives what they feel are the most pressing issues facing Catholic schools and education...

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Meeting Students Where They Are – At Home

As educators, we know that students carry much more with them to school than their backpacks and school supplies. Their home lives impact their experiences of school, which can bring...

Top Stories of 2022

Top Stories of 2022

As we celebrate the end of 2022, we look back on some of our favorite stories of the year. ACE Summer Take a look at our early mornings, late nights...