Faculty and staff from across Bank Street had the opportunity to showcase their work for thousands of early childhood educators from around the country at this year’s National Association for the Education of Young Children’s (NAEYC) Annual Conference in Los Angeles. The Bank Street community was represented by the Graduate ...
tagged: bank street education center, davia brown-franklyn, douglas knecht, ellen kelley, emily linsay, jim clay, naeyc, peggy mcnamara, school for children, tarima levine, wendy pollockBank Street Connects with Educators, Presents at 2016 NAEYC Conference
"Decoding the Common Core" with Peggy McNamara
In the August/September 2014 issue of Kiwi magazine, Peggy McNamara, Chair of General Teacher Education, lent her voice to the article “Decoding the Common Core,” by Marisa LaScala. This article addressed a broad range of questions from parents about the implementation of the Common Core Standards that began in 2009, ...
tagged: common core, peggy mcnamaraBank Streeters Come Out 'In Defense of Childhood'
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 ...
tagged: betsy blachly, betsy grob, linda lake, lisa von drasek, literacy, peggy mcnamara, resilience, social justiceNYC Officials, Authors Joined Bank Street Head Start to Break World Reading Record
On October 6, millions of people from across the country sat down to read from Anna Dewdney’s Llama Llama Red Pajama as part of a nationwide campaign intended to raise awareness on the importance of early childhood literacy. Bank Street Head Start hosted the flagship event, which included readings from ...
tagged: head start, literacy, peggy mcnamara