On October 16, Bank Street Center for Children’s Literature hosted BookFest @ Bank Street, an annual event that welcomes authors and illustrators, librarians, editors, and other members of the children’s literature community for a virtual celebration and discussion of books for children and teens. This year, Donna Barba Higuera, 2022 Newbery and Pura Belpré Winner […]
On October 16, Bank Street School for Children welcomed students, families, faculty and staff, and friends and neighbors to the annual Fall Fair, held in person for the first time since the start of the pandemic. A fun day of entertainment, games, and activities, the parent-run fair aims to build community and raise funds to […]
This fall, Bank Street’s Center for Emotionally Responsive Practice is partnering with the Church of Heavenly Rest on the Upper East Side to bring emotionally responsive resources to the PS 153 Adam Clayton Powell public school in Upper Manhattan. The collaboration was born out of a shared mission to support the mental and emotional health […]
Research shows that infants and toddlers involved in Child Welfare (CW) are at risk of poor social-emotional, behavioral, and learning outcomes for reasons such as family adversities, trauma, maltreatment, and separation from primary caregivers. To help policymakers address the mental health and developmental needs of infants and toddlers in these circumstances, the National Center for […]
On Tuesday, September 6, Bank Street Graduate School of Education welcomed a new group of graduate students as well as faculty, staff, and alumni at the annual Barbara Biber Convocation. The event, which is a centerpiece of orientation for incoming students and celebrates the start of the school year, provides an opportunity for the College […]
Research shows that people learn best in the context of nurturing relationships. For adults, coaching under a mentor or teacher leader is a powerful, collaborative method for learning that supports educators in refining their practice and creating meaningful learning experiences for all students. To help coaches strengthen their work with teachers of young children in […]
This fall, Bank Street’s Learning Starts At Birth initiative will welcome its first cohort of fellows for the Early Childhood Policy Fellowship. This new professional learning opportunity was designed to support mid-career early childhood policy and system leaders in navigating real-world challenges and problems of practice and was born out of a greater mission to […]
Research shows that yearlong teacher residencies are helping to shift the teacher education landscape by supporting the recruitment, preparation, and retention of a robust and diverse teaching workforce. To help create a shared understanding of high-quality teacher residencies and advance the role of residencies in educator preparation, Prepared To Teach at Bank Street College partnered […]
In late June, Bank Street Graduate School hosted its 46th annual Infancy Institute, a three-day conference that offers training and intensive workshops for early childhood professionals who work with infants and toddlers. This year’s conference welcomed over 175 teachers, caregivers, early intervention specialists, home visitors, social workers, and others to reflect on their practice and […]
This past spring, Bank Street School for Children welcomed children’s book author Nicole C. Kear as the 2022 Dorothy Carter Writer-In-Residence. Kear, author of the middle-grade novel Foreverland, among other titles for children, was selected for the program by the Bank Street Center for Children’s Literature. Throughout the first two weeks of April, Kear visited […]
Early childhood is the time when infants, toddlers, and preschoolers develop the cognitive and social-emotional skills essential to lifelong success. While many New York City early childhood teachers have considerable teaching experience, hundreds do not yet have state certification or specialized training to help them better support early development and school readiness of children from […]
Bank Street College and Pratt Institute received a planning grant from the New York City Department of Education and XQ to conceptualize and co-design a new public secondary school. As part of New York City’s Imagine NYC Schools initiative, the new public school model will offer a progressive curriculum with hands-on learning experiences connected to design thinking, the […]
As the nation continues to emerge from the trauma of the pandemic, students, educators, and learning communities need support now more than ever. This June, Educator Preparation Laboratory (EdPrepLab), an initiative led by Bank Street Graduate School of Education and Learning Policy Institute to harness the collective strengths of exemplary preparation programs from across the […]
The early childhood field received significant attention throughout the pandemic, generating an important opportunity for long-overdue systemic change. As leaders grapple with workforce shortages, funding disparities, system-wide inequity, COVID-19 recovery efforts, and more, their need for support is greater than ever. Earlier this year, Bank Street’s Learning Starts At Birth initiative received funding to launch […]
Events throughout the 2020-21 school year brought increased awareness around systemic racism and a deeper understanding among educators of the need to build inclusive, anti-racist environments where children, families, faculty, and staff of all backgrounds can thrive. To help support equitable systems change across the education landscape, the Center on Culture, Race & Equity (CCRE) […]
This Giving Tuesday, gifts to Bank Street will be matched—dollar for dollar—up to $50,000, helping you make twice the impact on our community and beyond. We hope you’ll join us on this global day of generosity as we celebrate and extend our enduring mission to provide meaningful, high-quality education to all. We appreciate your support!