User:Danielklotz/Bank Street College of Education (restructure only)
| Type | Private graduate school and school for children |
|---|---|
| Established | 1916 |
| President | Shael Polakow-Suransky |
Academic staff | 125 |
| Students | 549 (2018, graduate school)[1] 451 (2019, school for children)[2] |
| Location | , , United States 40°48′20″N 73°57′59″W / 40.80556°N 73.96639°W |
| Website | bankstreet |
Bank Street College of Education is a private, nonprofit educational institution in Manhattan, in New York City in the United States. It consists of a graduate-only teacher training college,[3] and an independent nursery-8 school. In 2020 it had about 65 full-time teaching staff and approximately 850 students, of which 87% were female.[3]
History
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The school was founded in 1916 by Lucy Sprague Mitchell as the Bureau of Educational Experiments. Influenced by the teachings of John Dewey, Mitchell sought to create a group of thinkers from different fields to study child development and to advocate for fundamental educational reform.
Bank Street Graduate School of Education
[edit]Since 1960 the school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.[4]
Graduate school alumni
[edit]- Bill Ayers, elementary education theorist and retired Distinguished Professor, College of Education, University of Illinois, Chicago
- 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
- Trudie Lamb-Richmond, Schaghticoke Tribal 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
- Dorothy Stoneman, founder and president of 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
Bank Street School for Children
[edit]Bank Street School for Children is accredited by the New York State Association of Independent Schools.[2]
Other Programs
[edit]Bank Street Head Start
[edit]It is one of about hundred schools in the Manhattan area which participate in the national Head Start Program of the Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.[5]
Bank Street Bookstore
[edit]The Bank Street Bookstore opened in 1970 in the lobby of Bank Street College, moving to its second location on 112th Street and Broadway shortly thereafter. Now located on Broadway and West 107th Street, Bank Street Book Store operates as a community bookstore for New York's Upper West Side, selling children's books and educational toys and games. The bookstore also hosts readings, daily story time, and celebrity events, with past guests including Stephen Colbert, Julianne Moore, and author Jeff Kinney. Operating losses and a ten-year decline in revenue forced the Bank Street Book Store to relocate in September 2014, moving from its 112th Street location to a new location on 107th Street.[6] Its reopening ceremony featured appearances from Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and notable authors Robie Harris and Isabel Gillies, among others.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "Bank Street College of Education". Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
- ^ Bank Street College of Education - 02CH010795. Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Accessed February 2020.
- ^ Alter, Alexandra (September 1, 2014). "Signs of Literary Life for Two Booksellers on the Upper West Side". The New York Times. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
- ^ "Grand Opening Festival". Bank Street Book Store. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
External links
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