Bank Street's Occasional Papers Series is a forum for work that extends, deepens, and challenges the progressive legacy on which the college is built. The series seeks to promote discussion about what it means to educate in a democracy and to meet the interrelated demands of equity and excellence. Papers in the series describe human development and the cultures of childhood, specific educational practices, and the challenges of preparing adults to work with children in a variety of settings. Diverse subjects are linked by a shared appreciation of the moral and political implications that arise from social interventions in the lives of others. The Occasional Papers Committee invites submissions from members of the Bank Street community that explore past practices, current issues, and future possibilities for reimagining education. We are interested in research, practice, and policy-based papers from a broad array of theoretical perspectives. We encourage authors employing both traditional and non-traditional representational strategies to submit their work. Please see instructions on submitting papers below.
#1: The Developmental-Interaction Approach to Education: Retrospect and Prospect
by Edna K. Shapiro & Nancy Nager
#2: What Should We Make of Standards
by Vito Perrone
#3.1: Small Schools: What's Small?
by Matt Gladden
#3.2: Small Schools and the Issue of Scale
by Patricia A. Wasley and Michelle Fine
#3.3: Historical Perspectives on Large Schools in America
by Robert I. Hampel
#3.4: Small Schools and the Issue of Race
by Linda C. Powell
#4: Kids Make Sense and They Vote?
by Frederick Erickson
#5: From Preparation to Practice: Designing a Continuum to Strengthen and Sustain Teaching
by Sharon Feiman-Nemser
#6: The Role of the Principal in School Reform
by Michael Fullan
#7: Noise Level Zero
by Tom Roderick, Steady Work, and John Wolfe
#8: It Should Not be Left to Chance: Ensuring a Good Education for All Our Children
by Ellen Condliffe Lagemann
#9: Letters from Abroad
by Virginia Casper, Holley Adcock, David Penberg
#10: Curriculum Drama: Using Imagination and Inquiry in a Middle School Social Studies Classroom
by Catherine Franklin
#11: Teaching through a Crisis: September 11 and Beyond
edited by Alison McKersie and Jonathan Silin
#12: Talking Tough Topics In the Classroom
by Gail Masuchika Boldt, Stephanie Nelson, Molly Sexton-Reade, and Zenaida Muslin. Introduction by Jonathan Silin
#13: The First Year Out
edited by Judith Leipzig and Jonathan G. Silin
#14: Rethinking Resistance in Schools: Power, Politics, and Illicit Pleasures
by Steven Schultz, Stephanie Bevacqua, Jenna Laslocky, Joseph Tobin, Peter Taubmen, Jane King, Frank Pignatelli, and Christine Ferris. Introduction by Jonathan Silin
#15: Perspectives On Family, Friend and Neighbor Child Care: Research, Programs and Policy
by Toni Porter, Shannon Kearns, Juliet Bromer, Sarah Ocampo-Schlesinger, Vicki Mccarty, Pamela Jakwerth Drake, Bayla Greenspoon, Sarah Neville-Morgan, Kathy L. Reschke, Susan K. Walker, Mergitu Argo, Hueiling Chan, Christina Malecka
#16: Stayers, Leavers, Lovers, and Dreamers: Why People Teach and Why They Stay
by Marilyn Cochran-Smith
#17: Welcoming the Stranger: Essays on Teaching and Learning in a Diverse Society
by Jonathan G. Silin, Jana Sladkova, Anahi Viladrich, Nicholas Freudenberg, Erika Duncan, Elizabeth Park
#18: A Progressive Approach to the Education of Teachers: Some Principles from Bank Street College of Education
by Nancy Nager and Edna K. Shapiro
#19: Delicate Moments: Kids Talk About Socially Complicated Issues
by Amy Bauman, with introduction by Gail Boldt
The full text of papers 9-19 is available online at www.eric.gov.
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Papers should range in length from 20-50 double-spaced pages and should not have been previously published. Submit four copies with only the title on the first page to Jonathan Silin, Editor, Occasional Papers, Bank Street College, 610 West 112th Street, New York, NY 10025. All submissions should include an abstract of 100 words. Papers will be reviewed by at least three members of the Editorial Board, and authors should expect to be notified of a decision within 30 days of receipt of the manuscript. Address questions to Jonathan Silin: jsilin@optonline.net.
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Jonathan Silin, Editor