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Notre Dame’s ACE Teaching Fellows to Serve Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Columbus

The Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE), part of the Institute for Educational Initiatives (IEI) at the University of Notre Dame, is excited to announce a new partnership with the Diocese...

Sister Paula Kleine-Kracht and Meghan Weyland

A Legacy of Faith, A Future of Hope: Meghan Weyland and the Mission of Nativity Academy

At Nativity Academy at St. Boniface in Louisville, Kentucky, students are formed for lives of purpose, possibility, and hope. As a Catholic middle school serving students in grades 6 through...

The Pastor and the Principal: Partners in Catholic Education

There is arguably no relationship more integral to the vibrancy of a Catholic school than that between the pastor and the principal. While it has become somewhat of a mantra...

September 26, 2018

Latest Scientific Discovery: Studying Biology is Fun

Gone are the days of young children sitting stoically at their desks memorizing scientific facts handed down from generation to generation. Science class need not be only educational, but also...

September 25, 2018

The Very First "Yes"

"It was after the Easter vigil. Saturday, almost midnight. "I slipped my acceptance, that I wanted to do the program, under Fr. Scully's door. Little did I know that the...

September 17, 2018

ACE Summer 2018 in Photos

As the new school year begins, take a moment to look back at some of the many highlights from ACE Summer 2018.

August 20, 2018

"School Choice: Friend To Justice And Integration" from Forbes

Government-dictated school segregation through much of American history was a gross injustice, treating people unequally under the law and crushing their rights to associate freely with others. School choice is...

August 16, 2018

"Opinion: School Choice Is the Enemy of Justice" from NYTimes

In 1947, my father was one of a small group of black students at the largely white Fremont High School in South Central Los Angeles. The group was met with...

August 16, 2018

"Kavanaugh Could Unlock Funding for Religious Education, School Voucher Advocates Say" from NYTimes

Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, in a speech last year, gave a strong hint at his views on taxpayer support for religious schools when he praised his "first judicial hero," Justice...

August 16, 2018

Proclaiming the Good News: ACE's School Pastors' Institute

"In a world of fake news, you are proclaiming the Good News!" So said Bishop Joseph J. Tyson of the Diocese of Yakima to a group of over 80 pastors...

August 9, 2018

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Notre Dame’s ACE Teaching Fellows to Serve Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Columbus

A Legacy of Faith, A Future of Hope: Meghan Weyland and the Mission of Nativity Academy