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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...

Michael Macaluso

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...

"Lawmakers Seek to Dismantle School-Choice Scholarship Program for Low-Income Students" from Illinois Policy

It's evident that too many Illinois students aren't receiving the education they deserve. Illinois students' level of college-readiness trails the national average, despite the fact that per-student education spending in...

April 26, 2018

Today's Homework: Submarine Sandwiches, Basketball, and Lightsabers for All

Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Click. Liam's eyes fix on the clock above the blackboard. Tick. Tick. Still no sign of one of his students. "He showed up late if he...

April 25, 2018

"Education Reform Suffers When Politicians Put Careers Before Kids" from RealClearEducation

School choice remains a popular concept across the nation. A recent national poll by the American Federation for Children found that 63 percent of likely voters supported school choice. The...

April 19, 2018

Teachers Helping Teachers: Tim Hankins, ACE 22

In this fifth installment of Teachers Helping Teachers, Tim Hankins (ACE 22, Memphis) discusses how he uses art in his social studies and religion classes at Memphis Catholic Middle &...

April 19, 2018

"The Next 200 Years: Studying the Long-Term Effects of Catholic-to-Charter 'Conversion'" from EdChoice

In 2014, Andrew Kelly and I wrote Sector Switchers: Why Catholic Schools Convert to Charters and What Happens Next, an examination of 18 formerly Catholic schools that had "converted" (sorry...

April 10, 2018

Tulsa ACE Advocates: Truly One of A Kind

No man is an island, pay it forward, and those little fruit snacks from Costco. This is to say support comes in all shapes and sizes. Everybody needs it. Nobody...

April 8, 2018

The 2018 ACE Marathon: A Recap from Atlanta

3:01 a.m. Awake. Sleep is overrated. Have nothing to do in morning anyway…except run a half marathon. Literally. 3:04 a.m. Pep talk fails. Darkness. Stillness. Excitement. Nerves. Alarm set for...

April 6, 2018

Gabe Moreno: Creating Transformational Change in the Diocese of Dallas

"I hated it." "I had ‘joined the workforce,'" says Gabe Moreno. "The story that you're told you're supposed to do. You go to college, you get your degree, you join...

March 27, 2018

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