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ACE Teachers posing before So-Cal Marathon 2026

Running Through Discomfort

I feel great. Granted, I’m only 3 miles into my 13.1 mile journey, but I feel better than ever. It’s hot, but I’ve run in this weather countless times. After...

High school students from Cleveland Central Catholic sit next to their elementary school prayer partners from St. Stanislaus during our Ash Wednesday Mass.

We Are Dust: Reflections on Teaching and the Lenten Journey

“Remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” This Ash Wednesday anthem, spoken as our foreheads are marked with a smudgy black cross, is a reminder of our...

To the Moms that Raise Us Up

It is five minutes past the first bell, and a timid freshman peeks with her usual hesitancy into my classroom. Her tears show that she's upset, although I do not...

Digital Solutions for Today and Tomorrow

The Program for Inclusive Education (PIE) is blessed to collaborate with some of the country's best educator, including Dr. Sean Smith, a national expert from the University of Kansas specializing...

Both Sides of the Journey: Reflecting on April Retreat 2021

Jess Zlaket (Fort Worth) and Peter Spalitto (Atlanta) are finishing their second years as ACE teachers as they transition to become part of the Teaching Fellows' pastoral team. They joined...

"Goals."

In our last post, we explored how challenges in video games can inform how we design and present challenges in the classroom. Using Carol Dweck's model of response patterns to...

College Athletics to Teaching - A Different Kind of Love

My alarm clock is set to the same time this year as it has been for the past four years -- 5:30 AM. Walking into my dark classroom at Cristo...

Can video games inform good pedagogy?

If you are a teacher, I'm sure you've heard your students talking (at length) about Among Us, Minecraft, or Fortnite. Games have always been a central fascination of childhood, from...

Catholic schools are called to serve all students regardless of learning differences. In fact, Catholic Social Teaching and Church documents specifically outline our responsibility to individuals with disabilities. It is...

A Day in the Life of an ACE Teacher

I always thought that a teacher's job began and ended with the school day. They wake up around 6, get to school by 7, teach back-to-back classes until the final...

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