Accelerated Christian Education is an American educational products company founded in 1970 by Dr. Donald R. Howard which produces the Accelerated Christian Education (ACE) school curriculum. As of September 2013 ACE serves over 6,000 schools in 145 countries. The company is based in
Hendersonville, Tennessee (suburban
Nashville), with their distribution center located in
Lewisville, Texas (in the
Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex). It lists its principles in a "statement of faith" which declares the belief that the
Bible is
literally true.