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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...

"Keep the Federal Government Out of School Choice" from The Washington Post

School choice has many benefits. It frees people to select the type of education that will best serve their families. It makes educators accountable to the people they are supposed...

August 22, 2017

"New Study: KIPP Pre-K Has Big -- and Possibly Lasting -- Impact on Early Student Achievement" from The 74

Earlier is better when it comes to the KIPP charter network, suggests new research released Tuesday. Researchers with Mathematica Policy Research, an independent group, found positive effects both for the...

August 22, 2017

"Don't Complain About Charter Schools, Compete With Them" from Education Next

Education debates are like urban myths. With every retelling, they gain more traction. Take the debate over charter schools: the battle lines have been the same for twenty years. The...

August 22, 2017

Our Legacy and Our Future: ENL Team Partners with NCEA to Publish New Resource

The Alliance for Catholic Education’s English as a New Language Program (ENL) recently published a new handbook as part of the NCEA’s (National Catholic Educational Association) Exceptional Learners Series. “Our...

August 21, 2017

"Phalen Grows Network to 10 Campuses by Taking Over Charter Schools Across Indiana and Detroit" from Chalkbeat

Indianapolis charter school leader Earl Phalen has found his niche: Taking over struggling schools in Indianapolis and beyond. Just four years after Phalen Leadership Academies started with a single Indianapolis...

August 21, 2017

"DeVos Charges Ahead on School Choice" from The Hill

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has become an ardent foot soldier for President Trump's deregulatory agenda while aggressively pushing her own school choice initiatives. The billionaire businesswoman was one of Trump's...

August 16, 2017

Here's A Lesson On The State Of School Choice in Texas

The Texas Legislature's special session starts Tuesday. At the top of Gov. Greg Abbott's education agenda: school choice for special-needs students. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick pushed to give parents of...

August 13, 2017

"Here's A Lesson On The State Of School Choice in Texas" from KUT 90.5

The Texas Legislature's special session starts Tuesday. At the top of Gov. Greg Abbott's education agenda: school choice for special-needs students. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick pushed to give parents of...

August 13, 2017

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

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