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Waiting Together: Advent in the Classroom

I have always loved Advent, but the season took on an even deeper meaning once I started sharing it with my 5th-grade students. Experiencing the hope and wonder of Christ’s...

ACE Teachers singing joyfully during Lessons and Carols at December Retreat 2025

I Can't Wait

“We wait because there’s a promise. There’s a presupposition of something more worth waiting for.” “But I want it now!” is a sentence heard throughout the country this time of...

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...

Making Pandemic Changes Count: Part 2 - Motivate the Emotional Side

"File:Macbook Pro Power Button - Macro (5477920228).jpg" by vincentq from Melbourne, Australia is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 Every day we see schools changing in response to the pandemic: new...

Making Pandemic Changes Count: Part 1 - Direct the Rational Side

"Old Light Switches" by Orange Steeler is licensed under CC BY 2.0 School change can be intimidating, arduous, and bumpy—like riding a mountain bike down a curvy path. With the...

Finding Grace in the Daily Drive

Whitney Lim and Raymond Moylan never know what their daily drive down Broad Street in Philadelphia will bring, but they both agree that it's grace-filled. As first-year teachers in ACE...

Adapting Lesson Plans for COVID-19 Guidelines

Your class undoubtedly looks different than it did one year ago. Still, you must teach the same information with the same quality you did one year ago. How? Whether you...

Build and Never Give Up!

The Program for Inclusive Education is pleased to introduce Jill Reffett and Jeanne Loftis, two amazing advocates for inclusion in Catholic schools. Both women direct non-profit organizations that advocate and...

Where Two or Three Gather: Christocentric Distance Learning

"[St. Francis called] for a love that transcends the barriers of geography and distance, and declares blessed all those who love their brother as much when he is far away...

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Waiting Together: Advent in the Classroom

I Can't Wait