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The Last Word, Shana Fletcher Jan 2015

The Last Word, Shana Fletcher

Progressive Education in Context

A short essay on a Bank Street School for Children student's look back at her days at the School.


The Last Word, Abby Miller Jan 2015

The Last Word, Abby Miller

Progressive Education in Context

A Bank Street School for Children student looking back on her years at the School.


Ron Taffel: Visiting Scholar At Bank Street, Anne Santa, Buffy Smith Jan 2015

Ron Taffel: Visiting Scholar At Bank Street, Anne Santa, Buffy Smith

Progressive Education in Context

Discusses a yearlong discourse at Bank Street College, when Ron Taffel, author and well-known psychologist was the visiting scholar for the 2011-2012 academic year.


Teaching China, Meghan Armstrong Jan 2015

Teaching China, Meghan Armstrong

Progressive Education in Context

Describes the teaching fellows program of China Institute's Teach China program.


Loudness In The Library: Empowering Students To Think Critically About Identity And Bias, Anshu Wahi, Allie Bruce, Jamie Steinfeld Jan 2015

Loudness In The Library: Empowering Students To Think Critically About Identity And Bias, Anshu Wahi, Allie Bruce, Jamie Steinfeld

Progressive Education in Context

Describes how an unplanned, informal discussion about how race and identity are depicted on book covers evolved into a year-long investigation with a class of 11 and 12-year-olds where the interests and comments of the students drove the curriculum.


When Good Ideas Flow Two Ways, Mary Ellen Kenny Jan 2015

When Good Ideas Flow Two Ways, Mary Ellen Kenny

Progressive Education in Context

Describes the collaboration between Bank Street College Graduate School of Education and the Bank Street School for Children.


A Parent's Point Of View, Sandra Pinnavaia Jan 2015

A Parent's Point Of View, Sandra Pinnavaia

Progressive Education in Context

A parent in the Bank Street School for Children offers her perspective on the value of the educational philosophy and classroom practice in the School.


What Are You Doing For Others?, Traci Pearl, Sasha Elias Jan 2015

What Are You Doing For Others?, Traci Pearl, Sasha Elias

Progressive Education in Context

Discusses the community service projects, an important component in the curriculum of the School for Children.


The Last Word, Patrick Brady Jan 2015

The Last Word, Patrick Brady

Progressive Education in Context

A Bank Street School for Children student looking back on his years at the School, noting that he was the sole conservative Republican in his class of 19 students.


From Bank Street To High School, Evie Gurney Jan 2015

From Bank Street To High School, Evie Gurney

Progressive Education in Context

Explains the process of searching for the perfect high school fit for the eighth graders, most of whom have been attending the Bank Street School for Children from early elementary through middle school.


Progressive Education In Context, V & Vi, Bank Street College Of Education Jan 2015

Progressive Education In Context, V & Vi, Bank Street College Of Education

Progressive Education in Context

Contains current articles that highlight aspects of the educational vision, mission, and values of the Bank Street School for Children.


Tools For Life - Lower School Coordinator Laura Guarino's Address To Lower School Families On Curriculum Night, October 25, 2012, Laura Guarino Jan 2015

Tools For Life - Lower School Coordinator Laura Guarino's Address To Lower School Families On Curriculum Night, October 25, 2012, Laura Guarino

Progressive Education in Context

In a message to parents of young children, Laura Guarino emphasizes Bank Street School for Children's focus on helping children develop their capacity to be learners, to be flexible thinkers, and creative problem solvers.


Young Children At Play, Anne Tobias Jan 2015

Young Children At Play, Anne Tobias

Progressive Education in Context

Describes how young children learn through play.


Children ...Here And Now [No. 3, 1955], Bank Street College Of Education Jan 1955

Children ...Here And Now [No. 3, 1955], Bank Street College Of Education

Children Here and Now ... Notes from 69 Bank Street

Becoming "more so" by Lucy Sprague Mitchell; Old words and young meanings; Personality growth in school, by Barbara Biber; Stories and poems, by the children; Notes from our workshops, by the workshop staff; Not a single thing happened, by Louise P. Woodcock, They find their voices, by Leone Adelson; Helen Keller, by Anne Sullivan; Here and now children at 69 Bank Street, by Edith Bjornson Sunley; The impact of stories on children, Claudia Lewis and Virginia Stern; Message from the President of …