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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...

Brynn Johnson: Education Through Expedition

Ask Brynn Johnson what she does for a living, and she may tell you that she is a teacher. Or maybe, she will tell you that she is a global...

September 11, 2017

"Borsuk: School Choice Expansion Continues in Wisconsin" from the Journal Sentinel.

School choice? Man, we've got a heap of it, and the heap got bigger Wednesday in the last hours of work by the Legislature's budget committee on plans for 2017-'19...

September 9, 2017

"The Big Picture On School Choice In Detroit" from Forbes

For years, school choice has been expanding nationally. There's good reason for this steady growth: parents, especially low-income parents, want to decide where to send their kids to school. And...

September 7, 2017

ACE Statement on DACA

For hundreds of years, Catholic schools in the United States have opened their doors and welcomed immigrants from all lands. These schools stood – and continue to stand – as...

September 6, 2017

"Michigan Gambled on Charter Schools. Its Children Lost." from the New York Times Magazine

Toss a dart at a map of Detroit, and the bull's-eye, more or less, would be a tiny city called Highland Park. Only three square miles, Highland Park is surrounded...

September 5, 2017

Dr. Dan Bowen: The Importance of Extracurriculars

Before he became an award-winning education researcher, Dan Bowen, Ph.D., was an improv coach. A middle school improv coach, to be precise. Bowen, recent recipient of the Michael Pressley Award...

August 30, 2017

"Illinois Passes Landmark Funding Bill Creating Tax Credit Scholarship, Sending More Money to Poor Schools" from The 74

Illinois lawmakers passed a landmark compromise that would revamp the way schools are funded and create the state's first private school choice program. The Senate on Tuesday afternoon voted 38-13...

August 30, 2017

"On Third Try, Illinois House Approves Education Funding Bill" from The Chicago Tribune

Following some twists and turns, the Illinois House on Monday narrowly approved a historic overhaul of the way the state funds schools, a key step toward freeing up money for...

August 29, 2017

The Latest at ACE

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