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High school students from Cleveland Central Catholic sit next to their elementary school prayer partners from St. Stanislaus during our Ash Wednesday Mass.

We Are Dust: Reflections on Teaching and the Lenten Journey

“Remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” This Ash Wednesday anthem, spoken as our foreheads are marked with a smudgy black cross, is a reminder of our...

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Waiting Courageously

As an ACE Ambassador, you commit to ACE a full year before you ever step into a classroom as a Teaching Fellow. During that year, friends accept post-graduate jobs, professors...

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Love: The Most Potent Instrument We Possess

As the school years comes to a close, I've noticed the dramatic increase in frequency of videos and memes on the internet about the plight and fatigue of teachers: "Summer...

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A Day in the Life of Holy Angels Students: Jaidyn and Jordyn

I receive quite a few questions about scheduling, particularly how we make time for 90-minute "blended" blocks and what a typical school day looks like. I hope this snapshot of...

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Experiencing the Happiness of an Inclusive Classroom

With Catholic schools around the country looking for the tools to create the culture, foundation, and resources to educate all students inclusively while celebrating every student's diverse and exceptional characteristics...

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All Children Can, and Will, Learn

When we say we believe all children can and will learn, we embed an imperative to do whatever it takes as adults to help all of our students excel. As...

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"Have you seen that fourth-grade classroom? The teacher is amazing!"

This is the third post in our series highlighting teachers in blended-learning classrooms, and our first post about a teacher outside of a Notre Dame ACE Academy. Today's post features...

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Answering the Call to Service in ACE 24

Walking into Accepted Applicants Night for ACE 24, I am not sure what I expected. I did feel one thing for certain-a slight sense of trepidation. I received an email...

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Ian Corbett: Getting to Know Blended Learning

"Cheers!" Ian called to me in his thick Irish accent with a huge smile on his face as his classroom of third graders burst into giggles. Most of Ian's students...

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A Lesson Worth Remembering

Something was different as we walked into Dr. Collier's Social Studies Content class during that first ACE summer. He had us sit specifically in columns of five and said that...