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ND experts offer insight on ‘Dilexi Te’

This article was originally published by Carrie Gates on news.nd.edu on October 10, 2025. On Thursday (Oct. 9), Pope Leo XIV issued his first major document, “Dilexi Te” (“I Have...

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Seeds of Service: From AICSN to ACE Teaching Fellows

A time of service is often framed as a commitment with an end date. But for Farrell Moorehead, Morgan Pulliam, and Declan Ryan-Lawton—three current ACE Teaching Fellows—that time became the...

ACE Advocates Launches "Teachers Helping Teachers" Initiative

In its nearly 25 years of existence, the Alliance for Catholic Education has formed over 2,000 teachers and leaders in service to Catholic schools. In an effort to disperse the...

November 21, 2017

"Parents – Not Economists – Know Best" From RealClearEducation

A team of economists from elite universities recently published a study suggesting that parents can't truly assess school quality. Profiling the paper, The Atlantic notes that "if these results hold...

November 9, 2017

Scott Morgan Honored with 2017 Notre Dame Award for Outstanding Contributions to Catholic Education

Scott Morgan was presented with the 2017 Notre Dame Award for Outstanding Contributions to Catholic Education by Fr. Tim Scully, C.S.C., the Hackett Family Director of the Institute for Educational...

November 3, 2017

"The ‘A‘ Word: Accountability — The Dirty Word of Today's Education Reform" from The 74

Accountability. On its surface, the word simply means a willingness to accept responsibility for one's actions. Accountability as applied to schools, however, has become so twisted and polarizing that it...

October 30, 2017

Moments with Multicultural Saints: Mother Marie Alphonsine Danil Ghattas

English as a New Language Program's Moments with Multicultural Saints are intended to provide useful classroom takeaways that will help you to broaden perspectives, teach about the universal Church, and...

October 30, 2017

Jack Assaf: From Engineer to Educator

While a former mechanical engineering student at Notre Dame, Jack Assaf considered summer internships at companies like Ford Motor Company and General Electric. Instead, Jack chose to teach math to...

October 26, 2017

"At Ed School, Researcher Talks New York City School Choice" from The Harvard Crimson

Dozens of educators, researchers, and students gathered at the Graduate School of Education Tuesday to discuss research on school choice in New York City public schools. Princeton sociology professor Jennifer...

October 25, 2017

"The Only National Black School Choice Advocacy Group Is Folding" from Education Week

The Black Alliance for Educational Options is shutting down for good at the end of the year, the group announced on its website Wednesday. Founded by school choice pioneer Howard...

October 25, 2017

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ND experts offer insight on ‘Dilexi Te’

Seeds of Service: From AICSN to ACE Teaching Fellows