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“I’m going to college in 2025”: Mission accomplished!

Fifteen years ago, at the invitation of Bishop Gerald Kicanas, Notre Dame ACE Academies (NDAA) partnered with St. John the Evangelist in Tucson, AZ where these tiny scholars Mia and...

Montana Garcia

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...

Every Student Succeeds Act: English Learning Children Not Left Behind

English learners (ELs) are the fastest growing population in U.S. schools at five million plus, and the newly minted Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), formerly known as No Child Left...

February 4, 2016

John Schoenig Featured on WSJ.com During Catholic Schools Week

John Schoenig, ACE's Senior Director of Teacher Formation and Education Policy, was featured on WSJ.com's Opinion Journal segment to talk about the successes and challenges faced by today's Catholic Schools.

February 2, 2016

Remick Leader Provides Faith-Filled Example to Seattle School

Matt DeBoer, RLP 12, was the fifth principal St. Teresa Catholic School had seen in six years. Teachers, parents, and students alike were tired of "all the chaos," DeBoer said...

January 29, 2016

Fr. Joe Corpora to be Appointed Missionary of Mercy by Pope Francis

Rev. Joseph Corpora, C.S.C., director of university-school partnerships for the University of Notre Dame's Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE), has received a mandate from Pope Francis to be a Missionary...

January 15, 2016

Innovation in Rural Michigan Catholic Schools May Provide Insights for Inner-City Peers

"We continue to go to the outskirts," David Faber says, highlighting the call of Pope Francis to nurture young people's faith and reach out to serve at the periphery. Surrounded...

January 14, 2016

Innovation in Rural Michigan Catholic Schools May Provide Insights for Inner-City Peers

“We continue to go to the outskirts,” David Faber says, highlighting the call of Pope Francis to nurture young people’s faith and reach out to serve at the periphery. Surrounded...

January 14, 2016

Latino Enrollment Institute Inspires Growth in Texas Catholic School

St. Catherine of Siena Catholic School is the only Catholic school in Port Arthur, Texas in the Diocese of Beaumont. Almost 70 percent of the students are from underserved minority...

January 11, 2016

Inspiration Through 3 Saints Passionate for Education

Every calendar year, the Church moves promptly in its liturgical schedule to celebrate saints who inspire and support teachers and educational leaders. ACE traditionally calls our community's attention to the...

January 4, 2016

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“I’m going to college in 2025”: Mission accomplished!

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