Bank Street Education Center

Center on Culture, Race & Equity

The Center on Culture, Race & Equity at Bank Street College of Education partners with educators, community members, and leaders to collaboratively shift beliefs, behaviors, and practices so that children of all backgrounds can thrive and realize their full potential. Recent and current projects include working with NYSED Office of Special Education, DOE Pre-K, DOE elementary and middle schools, community-based early childhood organizations based in the Bronx, the Lower East Side, and Brooklyn, and DCPS.

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Our Mission

Through research, professional development, and community partnership, we collaboratively shift adult belief and practices to be culturally responsive and strength-based. This leads to equitable environments and policies, so that children of all backgrounds can thrive and realize their full potential.
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Learn how the Center on Culture, Race & Equity supports educators and leaders in developing culturally responsive practices in their settings through a community-based design process.

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