IEI Units and Programs

The day-to-day operations of the Institute for Educational Initiatives comprise these units and programs:

• Alliance for Catholic Education. The mission of ACE is to sustain, strengthen, and transform Catholic schools. Central to its mission is the preparation of teachers and leaders for service in elementary and secondary Catholic schools to effectively educate disadvantaged children. In addition, ACE has developed multiple innovative programs, all of which seek to revitalize Catholic education.

• Center for Children and Families. A center affiliated with the Institute, the CCF brings together faculty and students from a number of disciplines at the University of Notre Dame whose research focuses on children and families. The CCF's three major research themes focus on the challenges that children and families confront in today's society: disparities, developmental disabilities, and psychopathology, and the optimization of development, education, and learning.

• Center for Research on Educational Opportunity. CREO is a center of excellence for the study of educational opportunities, the organization of schools, and the effects of schools on student outcomes, with special attention to less privileged students and Catholic schools. Through basic and applied research on schools and the learning process, CREO faculty and students pursue high-quality scholarship that has a significant impact on educational research, policy and practice.

• Education, Schooling, and Society. The University's interdisciplinary minor in Education, Schooling, and Society (ESS) studies the role of education from both national and international perspectives using the tools of the liberal arts and social sciences. ESS applies diverse approaches to crucial questions in education: about the quality of schools, both public and Catholic; the degree to which families have adequate choices to ensure that their children flourish; and education in the context of society, nationally and globally.

• Advanced Placement Training Incentive Program. Indiana is joining seven other states in a major initiative to boost student learning in ways that will help college and career readiness, school educational resources, and local and statewide participation in the 21st century economy. The AP-TIP IN program, representing a partnership from the worlds of education, business, and government and based upon a proven model for improved math and science teaching, is administered by the University of Notre Dame through its institute for Educational initiatives.