Saint Paul's Project for Academic Excellence (PAE) is a comprehensive academic reform initiative to enhance teaching and learning in Saint Paul Public Schools.

PAE was developed to draw together administrators, principals, and teachers in a pioneering academic reform effort for the entire school district. Introduced in the summer of 2001, PAE provides a unified direction for curricular reform across all schools. What began in selected elementary schools has now expanded to include every elementary and middle/junior high school.