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A Letter to My Future ACE Teachers

A letter to my future ACE teachers: “I think I’ve made a grave mistake.” This was a sentence I wrote on a teal post-it, tacked to the cork board of...

Clayton Glasgow (middle with blue button down and blue tie) talking to students on left (male in red sweater) and right (female in blue polo) or him. They are at a lab table looking at a worksheet on the table.

Slivers of Perfection

A few days ago, there was an incident in my classroom that I did not handle very well. On the contrary, I handled it quite poorly, and I ended up...

ACE Link Roundup: Your Catholic Education "Must-Reads" from the Past Two Weeks

Obviously, we here at ACE are pretty bullish when it comes to Catholic schools. And boy, after the reading the news lately, it shouldn't be hard to see why. It...

How to Build a Strong Academic Foundation in Your School

What is it that we want our students to know and be able to do? Answering this question before we align to standards, set curricula goals, and form lesson objectives...

Integrating Pop Culture Into Classrooms

As a 22-year-old high school English and Spanish teacher responsible for 150 students who watched Friends for the first time on Nick at Nite, I worried about including pop, or...

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How to Incorporate the Pope's Encyclical 'Laudato Si' into Your Classroom

"Living our vocation to be protectors of God's handiwork is essential to a life of virtue; it is not an optional or a secondary aspect of our Christian experience" A...

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What You Should Expect from Pope Francis' Visit to the US

What can we do to best prepare for Pope Francis? What might we expect? Learn more in the latest blog post from Fr. Ron Nuzzi. Oh yes, the excitement is...

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Eight Ways Catholic Schools Can Be More Welcoming to Latino Students

Oftentimes, Latino families can feel disconnected with their local Catholic school, many of which are designed to cater to an immigrant community of a different generation. "El entusiasmo es contagioso"...

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Three Ways Teachers Can Strengthen Their Content Area Expertise

ACE faculty member, Brian Collier, shares three pieces of advice for teachers as they start up a new (or another) year of teaching. The new school year is upon us...

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Crux, Cuomo, and the Cardinal: Will School Choice Save Catholic Schools?

About a week and a half ago, right around the time most of our nation's schools were gearing up for another school year, the Catholic news site Crux published a...