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Elizabeth Watters Schwartze

A Generational Legacy of Catholic Education

“In a way, ACE has always been a part of me.” Elizabeth recounts warmly, “Both my parents worked in Catholic education for more than 40 years.” Born in San Francisco...

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Mike Macaluso Named Senior Editor for the ALAN Review

Mike Macaluso, Senior Associate Director for Academic Advancement for Enrollment and Financial Aid, has been named senior editor of The ALAN Review, a peer-reviewed journal focused on the study, scholarship...

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True Love Means Teaching Literacy Interventions

I'm taking a course called "Culturally Responsive Teaching," and it's rocking my world. People throw around the phrase "life changing" all too frequently, but this one makes the cut. I...

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Press Play: Dr. Melodie Wyttenbach

Welcome back to Press Play, ACE's new segment highlighting the latest and greatest publications coming out of the Institute for Educational Initiatives. Consider this part of the newsletter a movie...

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2019 Lenten Reflections - 5th Sunday of Lent

Read this Sunday's Gospel In this Sunday's Gospel, a woman is caught breaking the sixth commandment, and John the Evangelist offers us the rather odd detail that, in response to...

2019 Lenten Reflections - 4th Sunday of Lent

Read this Sunday's Gospel The Gospel reading for this 4th Sunday of Lent, the parable of the prodigal son, is likely familiar. A son leaves home, squanders his inheritance, and...

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2019 Lenten Reflections - 2nd Sunday of Lent

Read this Sunday's Gospel Welcome to the second Sunday of Lent. This week's Gospel offers a stark contrast in tone and substance from last week's, when we saw Jesus wandering...