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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...

Aaron Brenner Named Gary and Barbara Pasquinelli Director of Notre Dame ACE Academies

The University of Notre Dame has announced that Aaron Brenner, a global leader in creating educational opportunities for children living in poverty, is the new Gary and Barbara Pasquinelli Director...

August 15, 2016

New York Times Follows Notre Dame Graduates through Religious Discernment in ACE

New York Times religion commentator Samuel Freedman, who wrote about ACE's faith communities in Tucson in 2012, digs deeper into the unique formation provided by the ACE Teaching Fellows program...

July 22, 2016

Latino Enrollment Institute Continues to Grow, Serve Latino Families and Catholic Schools

Yvonne Schwab from St. James the Less Catholic School in Columbus, Ohio, is a mentor principal in the Latino Enrollment Institute. To see the rest of her story, and to...

July 18, 2016

ACE Honors Distinguished Service to Catholic Education with Annual Awards

As part of an annual tradition to recognize the outstanding work of its graduates and supporters, the Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) will honor five members of the Catholic education...

July 7, 2016

Deborah Loewenberg Ball Addresses ACE Teachers and Leaders at 2016 Commencement

Deborah Loewenberg Ball, one of the nation's leading teachers, scholars and visionaries in the field of education from elementary school to graduate school levels, served as the keynote speaker at...

July 6, 2016

ACE Teaching Fellows Receives National AmeriCorps Grant

ACE Teaching Fellows has received a $135,000 AmeriCorps grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) to support 154 AmeriCorps members who will serve as teachers of record...

July 5, 2016

A Note from Dr. Kati Macaluso, the New Director of ACE Advocates

Dear ACE Family and Friends, Eleven years have passed since I stepped foot in my English classroom at Ascension Catholic High School in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, to begin my ACE teaching...

May 31, 2016

Preparing Future Priests to Collaborate for Catholic Schools

In a seminary in Southern California, set in beautiful buildings within a citrus grove, men are preparing to bring the Gospel to diverse realities of the people of God. One...

May 17, 2016

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Toka: The Revival of an Indigenous Sport

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