Blog | Alliance for Catholic Education

Image of a bulletin board with wording that says "All You Holy Men and Women" with images of saints below it.

Saints in Our Classroom

On the front page of our school website, you can find the following mission statement: St. Catherine of Alexandria School is a Catholic community where parents and teachers educate life-long...

ACE Los Angeles in Sequoia National Park

A Camper’s Brutally Honest Review of Ramen Cup Noodles

Twenty-five miles deep into the Sierra Nevada Mountains, six teachers gather around a table, pondering life’s greatest question: Which Ramen Noodle flavor reigns supreme? I’m Marco, your resident amateur camper...

rocketfuelhpl

STAR Goals: The Importance of Personalized Student Goals

As we mentioned in this post, one of the most powerful ways our teachers increase student engagement and learning is to help students set individual goals for their learning. Of...

rocketfuelhpl

STAR Goals: The Importance of Personalized Student Goals

As we mentioned in this post, one of the most powerful ways our teachers increase student engagement and learning is to help students set individual goals for their learning. Of...

piesept18blog

"Burning Down Barns"

The Program for Inclusive Education's (PIE) first cohort completed programming in July and embarked on their mission of inclusive education following an energizing two-week capstone experience on the campus of...

hplohana

"Ohana" Means Family

The Higher-Powered Learning team is growing, and we are excited to introduce you to our newest member, Francesca Varga! Francesca was a teacher and instructional leader for nine years before...

hpludl

UDL & Blended Learning: The WHY of Learning

Many proponents of blended learning lament standardized, one-size-fits-all approaches to education, and with good reason. But you don't have to be a blended-learning fangirl like me to believe that classrooms...

pieaugustblog

Spreading Inclusion Everywhere!: PIE's First Cohort of Inclusive Educators

In Hawaiian culture, 'ohana' means family. To Nacia Hatch, ohana also described the first summer for the Program for Inclusive Education (PIE). "We become part of the Notre Dame family,"...

hpldatadriven

Should Data Really Drive Your Instruction?

I'd like to start this post with a direct quote from a teacher at a professional development session I led recently: "Elizabeth LOVES data." To be honest, she's not wrong...

ace25ambassadors

Accompanying through Uncertainty: ACE Ambassadors Help Others Say 'Yes' to Teaching

I've never taught before, and I don't even know where I'll be sent to teach. How do I tell other college students what it's like to be an ACE Teaching...