Teachers for a New Era

With funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Annenberg Foundation, and the Ford Foundation, Teachers for a New Era is a landmark grant initiative whose goal is to strengthen K-12 teaching by researching and enhancing the education of teachers.

Bank Street College is one of eleven institutions in the U.S. selected to receive this five million dollar, five-year grant. This reform initiative has established three guiding principles as critical in the redesign of programs that prepare teachers:

Principle A: Decisions Driven by Evidence
Principle B: Engagement with the Arts and Sciences
Principle C: Teaching as an Academically Taught Clinical Practice Profession

Other considerations and aims of the grant include the following:

• recruitment of under-represented groups into teaching
• cultural considerations in teaching and learning
• effective use of educational technology

Click on the links to the left to learn more about Bank Street's efforts as part of the Teachers for a New Era national initiative.

NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

THANK YOU to Bank Street Alums who participated in our annual, online survey of graduates. This year we received our highest response rate yet! Your feedback will help us improve our programs and give progressive education a stronger voice in policy and research deliberations. And, congratulations to Sasini Thakolchaisri, BSC '04, this year's survey participant winner of a $200 gift certificate to the Bank Street Book Store.

Transitions for New Educators Web Site: resources and opportunities for Bank Street graduates

Special offer to BSC grads: Take online science courses through the American Museum of Natural History at a reduced rate.