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Joseph, Ofelia, and Mary Gallo Receive ACE’s Most Prestigious Award

In October, several members of the ACE and IEI team traveled to Modesto, California to present the 2025 Notre Dame Award for Outstanding Contributions to Catholic Education to Joseph, Ofelia...

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The American Indian Catholic Schools Network Welcomes Three New Partner Schools

Notre Dame, Indiana — The American Indian Catholic Schools Network (AICSN), a program within the Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) at the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Educational Initiatives...

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Through Others' Eyes

"I would study and study and study and know the material, and then I'd go into the test... and I would s t r u g g l e. I...

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The Lasting Impact of a Latino Leader

When Viridiana Vargas was in seventh grade, she had a life-changing encounter with a visitor to her social studies class that began with a seemingly simple question: “Where are you...

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Dennis Rankin Wins Michael Pressley Award

“Come and see” is the phrase that Dennis Rankin, the principal of St. Peter Catholic School in North St. Paul, Minnesota, has always had on his mind about what first...

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Job Board Update - September 2022

This month's featured opportunities include a Mathematics position at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in the Twin Cities, the Superintendent in the Diocese of Brownsville, and a Program Manager role...

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Leading in the In-Between

We aim to form disciples with hope to bring at the Alliance for Catholic Education, a belief that comes from the Constitutions of the Congregation of Holy Cross, the founding...