Works by Faculty and Staff

Jump, Wiggle, Twirl & Giggle: 25 Movement Activities That Teach Early Concepts by Roberta Altman
This delightful and practical book helps classroom teachers incorporate creative movement activities throughout the day and year. Activities are designed for building community in the classroom, and to integrate with other subject areas-- including language arts, social studies, math, and science.

Keeping the Struggle Alive by Bernadette Anand, David S. Surrey, Tiffany S. Perkins
This is an important story about students in a New Jersey public middle school who investigated the history of desegregation in their own community. Integrating language arts and social studies, their teachers guided them through a powerful oral history project that ultimately explored real people's place in the continuing fight for social justice. Included is a useful curriculum guide that helps teachers conduct their own oral history projects.

Gay Parents/Straight Schools by Virginia Casper, Steven Schultz, Louise Derman-Sparks
This book frankly addresses the specific educational realities and needs of lesbian- and gay-headed families. It explores why gayness is perceived as such a threat, especially to the education of young children, when it can enrich the world views of children and adults. The book also features insights from children, teachers, administrators, and parents, as well as useful strategies to ensure the best education for children.

Experimenting with the World by Harriet K. Cuffaro
In this detailed account of how the educational philosophy of John Dewey may be translated into the everyday life of a classroom, particular attention is given to "learning from experience" - a fundamental concept in early education - and the complexities involved in experiential learning.

Guiding School Change by Frances O'Connell Rust
This inspirational volume is intended to guide individuals on the front lines of school reform. Written by leading teachers and scholars, and drawn from the real life work of practitioners committed to change, the narratives shed much light on the role and work of change agents.

China: A Curriculum Guide by Diana Granat, Stanlee Brimberg
This comprehensive curriculum guide for grades 4-8 is filled with background information, history, geography, primary sources, hand-on activities, art projects, maps, reproducibles, and much, much more!

Classroom Routines That Really Work for Pre-K and Kindergarten by Kathleen Hayes, Renee Creange
This book provides everything you need to know about the best routines and practices for young learners, including management advice on shared reading, snack time, litearcy centers, outdoor play, arrival time, class meetings and work centers.

The Cow of No Color by Nina Jaffe, Whitney Sherman, Steve Zeitlin
In each of these stories, collected from around the world, a character faces a problem which requires that she or he make a decision about what is fair or just.

Tales for the Seventh Day by Nina Jaffe
This collection of traditional Jewish tales and legends from the Talmud and other sources celebrates the holiest day of the week.

Creating Schools That Heal by Lesley Koplow
In a book that is both essential and timely, Koplow advocates the implementation and development of preventive mental health practices in schools. Her extremely readable text outlines practical ways that teachers, administrators, and school-based clinicians can recognize and help children who are in distress.

Unsmiling Faces by Lesley Koplow
This book combines a theoretical foundation with a practical basis for making preschool classrooms function as therapeutic environments. It also introduces an innovative method of designing curriculums that help children integrate experience in affective as well as cognitive ways. Rich examples drawn from the classroom help to illustrate the range of problems encountered and the caring approaches attentive professionals can use to address them.

Explorations with Young Children by Ann Mitchell, Judy David
This curriculum guide from Bank Street College shows early childhood professionals how to develop their own curricula based upon the needs and interests of children. The Guide makes the Bank Street approach accessible to teachers everywhere and adds momentum to the movement toward child-centered, developmentally-appropriate programs for young children.

Nothing's Impossible by Lorraine Monroe
In this plain-spoken but visionary book, Monroe describes her journey as an educator and the evolution of her understanding of leadership through pithy, memorable rules and observations and a host of inspirational stories. She offers spiritual and practical advice on how to create a great school or transform a troubled one -- however formidable the obstacles. She also shares her own remarkable life story; one which demonstrates how life's vicissitudes can become opportunities for growth and achievement.

Celebrating Diverse Voices by Frank Pignatelli, Susanna W. Pflaum
This challenging collection of essays is about achieving progressive school reform, justice and equity. Particular attention is paid to the "effects" of actions by educators (actions that follow the rules but have unjust results versus actions that achieve equity). The contributors pose many questions for progressive educators, for example: how can progressive educational theory, policy and practice achieve equity? How can volatile issues of diversity be negotiated so that the marginalized are heard? At the heart of this book is a belief in the need for cultural understanding, ethical commitment, democracy and justice. Against the backdrop of the highly-charged social setting in the US, the authors discuss progressive legacies and promising modern experiments in promoting equity in education.

Revisiting a Progressive Pedagogy by Edna K. Shapiro, Nancy Nager
This book examines the origins, history, and evolution of the developmental-interactive approach, a formulation rooted in developmental psychology and educational practice. This approach has progressively informed educational thinking since the early twentieth century. It is identified with -- but not restricted to -- the Bank Street College of Education. The contributors assess its continued heuristic and practical value for classroom practice and teacher education in the light of new ideas in social science and education, as well as indicate possible new directions.

Putting the Children First: The Changing Face of Newark's Public Schools by Jonathan G. Silin and Carol Lippman, editors
Here is the remarkable story of Project New Beginnings, a highly successful seven-year collaboration between the Newark Public Schools and Bank Street College to restructure early childhood education by linking schools, families, and community resources through intensive staff development, curriculum reform, and change management.