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ACE Teaching Fellow Montana Garcia Awarded Fulbright Scholarship for 2025–26

Notre Dame, IN — Montana Garcia, a graduating member of Notre Dame’s Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) Teaching Fellows program, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship for the 2025–26 academic...

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The McGrath Institute for Church Life and the Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) Awarded Grant to Explore the Role of Catholic Schools in Strengthening Democracy

This story was originally published by Margaret Scroope on the McGrath Institute for Church Life's website. To view the original article, please click here. Notre Dame, IN — The McGrath...

"The Next 200 Years: When Results Aren't Enough—the Dollars and Cents of Sustainable Urban Catholic Schools" from EdChoice

Those who fear the worst about the future of urban Catholic education now believe they are right. Those who felt we had turned a corner were shaken free of any...

March 20, 2018

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"Would You Walk a Mile for $10,000?"

Would you walk a mile for $10,000? No, this is not a rhetorical question. Alesa Weiskopf's answer was a resounding yes, but she needed at least 99 other people to...

March 14, 2018

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Teachers Helping Teachers - Mary Grace Mangano, ACE 22

ACE 22 graduate Mary Grace Mangano currently teaches English at Cristo Rey New York High School. In this fourth installment of Teachers Helping Teachers, Mary Grace highlights a technique she...

March 12, 2018

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Mary Forr: Teaching Together in America's Catholic Schools

"My older sister, Marita, always wanted to be a teacher, and she is way more gifted and patient than I ever have been or ever will be." As children in...

March 9, 2018

"Deep-Blue Illinois Leads the Way on School Choice" from RealClearEducation

Imagine if we had listened to the critics and the naysayers. Six months ago, few believed meaningful education policy reform in deep-blue Illinois was possible. Springfield was fresh off a...

March 7, 2018

"The Problem of Dwindling Urban Catholic Schools" from AEI

LAST MONTH, THE DIOCESE of Memphis announced it would cease operations of Jubilee Catholic Schools, a network serving more than 1,400 of the city's disadvantaged students. Jubilee had become financially...

March 7, 2018

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Denver ACE Advocates: Providence, Fr. Joe's Cookies, and the Road to Damascus

Acts 9: 3-7 As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him...

March 1, 2018

"Do School Vouchers Help Kids Get to College? Studies Offer Mixed Results." from Governing

School choice is the centerpiece of President Trump's vision for reshaping the Department of Education. In his recent budget proposal, Trump included $500 million in funding to support the expansion...

February 28, 2018