Bank Street is more than just a graduate school. Over the years, the College has worked with the Federal government to design the Civil Rights Act of 1965, as well as the national Head Start and Follow Through programs; published the Bank Street Readers, the first multiracial, urban-oriented readers for young children; created the Bank Street Writer, a word processing program for children that was, for many years, the single most widely used software in public schools across the country; and developed the critically acclaimed and popular Voyage of the Mimi and Voyage of the Mimi 2, integrated learning packages of software, video, and print materials.
Today, Bank Street develops projects that address the issues arising from the emerging needs of children and families, from universal literacy to quality day care to the introduction of new technologies into the classroom. In the forefront of curriculum and staff development, the College is engaged in major partnership programs with schools, school systems, colleges, universities, and community-based organizations, as well as with publishing companies and television/cable networks. The nature of these partnerships is wide-ranging--from structural school reform and innovative curriculum design to leadership development institutes and direct services to children, youths, and families.