Bank Street College of Education
President Shael Polakow-Suransky | | |
Academic staff | 125 | |
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Students | 549 (2018, graduate school)[2] 451 (2019, school for children)[3] | |
Location | , , United States 40°48′20″N 73°57′59″W / 40.80556°N 73.96639°W | |
Campus | Urban | |
Website | bankstreet | |
Bank Street College of Education is a private school and graduate school in
History
The origins of the school lie in the Bureau of Educational Experiments, which was established in 1916 by Lucy Sprague Mitchell, her husband Wesley Clair Mitchell, and Harriet Merrill Johnson; Lucy Mitchell's cousin Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge provided financial support.[5][6] The bureau was intended to foster research into, and development of, experimental and progressive education, and was influenced by the thinking of Edward Thorndike and John Dewey, both of whom Mitchell had studied with at Columbia University. The bureau was run by a council of twelve members, but Mitchell was its most influential figure until the 1950s.[5] The name of the institution derives from its 1930–1971 location at 69 Bank Street in Greenwich Village.[7]
In 1919 the bureau started a
Bank Street College of Education served as an academic consultant during development for
In 1958, the college received a $1,000,000 grant from the
The personal computer word processing application Bank Street Writer (1981) was developed by the college and marketed to school and home computer markets. Its brand extension Bank Street Music Writer (1985) was a music composition application.
Doug Knecht is the current Dean of Children's Programs and Head of the School for Children.[10]
Academics
Accreditation
Since 1960 the school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.[11] Bank Street School for Children is accredited by the New York State Association of Independent Schools.[3]
Head Start
It is one of about hundred schools in the Manhattan area which participate in the national
Bank Street School for Children
The Bank Street School for Children is a
The School for Children is accredited by the New York State Association of Independent Schools and is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools.[15][18]
Bank Street Bookstore
The Bank Street Bookstore was an
Alumni
Graduate school
- Bill Ayers, militant activist and educator
- Lee Bennett Hopkins, educator, poet, author, and anthologist
- Claudine K. Brown, director at the Smithsonian Institution, museum educator, artist
- Margaret Wise Brown, author of classic children's books such as Goodnight Moon
- Ruth Cohn, psychotherapist, educator, and poet
- Rosina Fernhoff, Obie Award-winning theater actress
- Robie Harris, award-winning children's book author
- SchaghticokeTribal Nation member and educator
- Anne Mitchell, early childhood education consultant and co-founder of the Alliance on Early Childhood Finance
- Shael Polakow-Suransky, current president and former Chief Academic Officer of the New York City Education Department
- Miriam Roth, Israeli writer and scholar of children's books, kindergarten teacher, and educator
- Julie Stevens, actress and acting coach
- YouthBuild USA
- Ellen Tarry, the first African-American picture book author
- Edith Thacher Hurd, children's book writer with more than 70 books to her credit as well as a few collaborations with Margaret Wise Brown
- Lucy Wainwright Roche, singer-songwriter
- Sara Wilford, philanthropist and granddaughter of Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Valerie Wilson Wesley, author and former executive editor of Essence Magazine
- Diane Wolkstein, folklorist and a former New York City official storyteller
- Adam Gidwitz, author
School for Children
- Liz Garbus, filmmaker[20]
- Ben Lerer, CEO Thrillist Media Group[21]
- Angelica Page, actress and filmmaker[22]
- Shuwanza Goff, Deputy Director of the Office of Legislative Affairs for President Joe Biden[23]
- Purva Bedi, actress
- Ally Sheedy, actress[24]
References
- ^ As of June 30, 2019. "U.S. and Canadian 2019 NTSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2019 Endowment Market Value, and Percentage Change in Market Value from FY18 to FY19 (Revised)". National Association of College and University Business Officers and TIAA. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
- ^ "Bank Street College of Education". College Navigator. National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
- ^ a b "Bank Street School for Children". New York State Association of Independent Schools. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
- ^ a b Bank Street College of Education. Peterson's LLC. Accessed February 2020.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-860669-7.
- ISBN 9780684186184. (subscription required).
- ^ "History".
- ISBN 978-1-5011-3780-8.
- ^ "Educator to Direct Kindergarten Group" – New York Times, October 2, 1958
- ^ "Doug Knecht". Bank Street College of Education. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
- ^ "Bank Street College of Education". Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Accessed February 2020.
- ^ "A Guide to the Best Manhattan Private Schools: 2019-20". www.newyorkfamily.com. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
- ^ a b "Bank Street School For Children Profile (2021) | New York, NY". Private School Review. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
- ^ a b c "New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS): Bank Street School for Children". www.nysais.org. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
- ^ "How to help your youngest students talk about and navigate differences: A profile of Bank Street School for Children | EAB". eab.com. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
- ^ Lewis, Crystal. "Grooming Teachers, Bank Street Puts Stress on Basics and a Belief in Kids". The Chief. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
- ^ "NAIS Bookstore". my.nais.org. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
- ^ "Coronavirus Shutters Longtime NYC Children's Bookstore". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
- ^ "School for Children Alum, Ben Lerer, Featured in The New York Times – Morningside Area Alliance". October 25, 2020. Archived from the original on October 25, 2020. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
- ^ Brown, Dennis. "Angelica Torn, the daughter of Rip Torn and Geraldine Page, forges her own stage path". Riverfront Times. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
- ^ Parker, Adam. "Shuwanza Goff, with Georgetown roots, to join President-elect Biden's White House staff". Post and Courier. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
- ^ "Ally Sheedy". IMDb. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
Further reading
- Fisher, Patricia, and Anne Perryman. "A brief history: Bank street college of education." (2000) online.
- Nager, Nancy, and Edna Shapiro. "A progressive approach to the education of teachers: Some principles from Bank Street College of Education." Occasional Paper Series (2007) #18 online