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, ...
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Graduate School
"Decoding the Common Core" with Peggy McNamara
Posted by Gretchen Adams on August 29, 2014
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Bank Street News
Bank Streeters Come Out 'In Defense of Childhood'
Posted by Nicholas Gray on April 01, 2012
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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 justice
Bank Street for Children
NYC Officials, Authors Joined Bank Street Head Start to Break World Reading Record
Posted by Claire Daniel on October 21, 2011
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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 ...
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