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Toka: The Revival of an Indigenous Sport

Toka is an Indigenous sport played by the Piipaash (Maricopa) and Akimel O’odham (Pima) nations. This traditional game is experiencing a resurgence thanks to passionate athletes like April Morago. When...

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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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Brent Modak: An ASSET to Education

ACE Teaching Fellows graduate Brent Modak (ACE 18 - Denver) is the first to remind someone that, while teachers teach subjects, they first and foremost teach students. While teaching social...

Increasing School Enrollments through the LEI

The Latino Enrollment Institute (LEI), part of the Alliance for Catholic Education's Catholic School Advantage, is a collaborative initiative in which Catholic schools seek to engage and serve Latino communities...

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Walking with Communities

"My placement was in South Central L.A." says the Diocese of San Jose's Superintendent Jenn Beltramo of her ACE placement. "Not too far from the border of Watts." Arriving in...

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Macalusos Publish New Book

Drs. Kati and Mike Macaluso have published Teaching the Canon in 21st Century Classrooms, a new book for practicing secondary English teachers. The book addresses the fact that more and...

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Computer Science and Catholic Schools

Arielle Gannon began her teaching experience at Juan Diego Academy in Mission, Texas, where she spent two years as a member of ACE 22 teaching AP physics, AP calculus AB...