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Talking To Kids About Hurricane Sandy

Posted by Lesley Koplow on Nov 2012

As children return to school, they will bring a range of experiences related to the impact of Hurricane Sandy. While the children may welcome the return to the familiar routines of the classroom, teachers will need to make room for the emotional reactions that are likely to be a result ...

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Bank Street Hosts Ed Reform Hearing on Oct 16

Posted by Nick Gray on Oct 2012

View photos and more from the hearing. UPDATED 10/22 Bank Street was proud to host an important public hearing for Governor Cuomo’s New York Education Reform Commission on October 16th, 2012. The event was an opportunity for the Commission to hear

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What does it mean to educate all children equitably?

Posted by Michael Hansen on Sep 2012

What would schools and classrooms look like if they truly mirrored our democratic ideals? In this issue of the Occasional Papers five authors explore current and historical questions related to the inclusion of children with disabilities in our public schools. The history of educating children with disabilities—an ongoing civil rights ...

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Fern Khan, Educator & Advocate, Retires

Posted by Farhad Asghar on Jun 2012

On June 21, the Bank Street College community gathered to mark the close of Fern Khan’s remarkable tenure at Bank Street College. Over the years, Fern has been a School for Children parent, a parent trustee, a statutory trustee, Dean of the Division of Continuing Education for 22 years, and ...

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Elizabeth Dickey Appointed to NYS Education Commission

Posted by Nick Gray on May 2012

On April 30, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo appointed Bank Street President Elizabeth Dickey to serve on the state’s new Education Reform Commission. The Commission, established by executive order, is charged with reviewing and recommending improvements to the state’s education system. In noting

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‘Funny Food’: Kids, Please DO Play with Your Food

Posted by Nick Gray on Apr 2012

A little man with tomato ears standing on toast legs looks up at you through yellow egg yolk eyes, while a strawberry-winged blackberry butterfly shows off its luminous colors. What to do but eat them? These fanciful critters are the breakfast creations of Bill Wurtzel, who, for over fifty years, ...

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Bank Streeters Come Out 'In Defense of Childhood'

Posted by Nick Gray on Apr 2012

Bank Street faculty and graduate students were out in force at the In Defense of Childhood conference on March 10, 2012, at City College. With a theme of “Keeping the Joy of Learning Alive,” the conference inspired participants to support children in their cultural contexts and to use inquiry-based learning ...

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Bank Street’s New eBook For Parents And Educators

Posted by Nick Gray on Mar 2012

In Spring 2010, President Elizabeth Dickey announced the annual Innova Grant—a program designed to spur innovation and encourage new initiatives from the College faculty. Each year, winning proposals receive start-up funds for their projects. One of 2011’s winning proposals, a collaboration from Lisa Von Drasek (Bank Street’s Children’s Librarian) and ...

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Hear Christine Quinn On 'Alternatives to School Closings'

Posted by Nick Gray on Mar 2012

Amid intense political clamor about teacher accountability, performance standards, and education reform, the New York Times reports that the city’s Education Department remains on track to close 33 under-performing schools. When reopened, those schools will be renamed, and half their teachers will be replaced. The fate of their students remains ...

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‘Occasional Papers’ Challenges Politics of Accountability

Posted by Nick Gray on Feb 2012

“Educators are not the enemy.” That’s the message of the latest issue of Bank Street’s Occasional Papers, according to guest co-editor Gail Boldt. This issue, the 27th published, and the second to be distributed exclusively online, tackles the subject of teacher accountability. In it, Boldt and her co-editor Bill Ayers ...

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