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The Challenge Of Small Schools: Selected Proceedings From The Bank Street College Of Education Third And Fourth Annual Conference On School Reform 1997-1998, Bank Street College Of Education

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Selected and adapted proceedings from the 1997 and 1998 Annual Conferences on School Reform at the Bank Street College of Education

Long Trip 1998 Santa Fe Invitation Email And Logistics, Bank Street Division Of Continuing Education

1998

Email invitation and logistic for the 1998 Bank Street Long Trip from Fern Khan and Carol Hillman, Division of Continuing Education

The Experiencing Of Democracy And Progressive Education: A Constructivist Approach To Mathematics, A Workshop For Teachers, Preminda Langer

Graduate Student Independent Studies

Chronicles the history of schooling in India, discusses the development of the constructivist classroom, and shares a series of math workshops for teachers for nursery and kindergarten classrooms in India.

Reflections On A Third Grade Social Studies Curriculum, Laura E. Gerrity

Graduate Student Independent Studies

This curriculum study is a narrative account of a teacher and the social studies curriculum she uses with her third grade class. The curriculum is divided into two main parts. One is a study of the students' culture and family history which involves interviews with the children's parents, an examination of maps and literature from those cultures, and a description of the way the students experience the study through their writings, drawings, and conversation.

The second part of the study is an investigation of the students' neighborhood and community. Through interviews with community members, neighborhood walks, and their own observations, …

Interpretations Of Progressive Education: A Comparative Study Of The Philosophies Of Education Of The Municipal Early Childhood Schools Of Reggio Emilia And The Bank Street College Of Education, Monica Della Croce

Graduate Student Independent Studies

Compares the progressive philosophies of education of the municipal infant-toddler centers and preprimary schools of Reggio Emilia, and Bank Street College of Education and its School for Children. The histories and theoretical origins of each philosophy of education are introduced. Elaborations on the fundamental principles of each are provided, including discussions of the creation of learning environments, the perception of children's learning, the roles of teachers, and the place of the community. Throughout the text, cultural frameworks are made evident, in order to reflect on the influence that culture and history have on the ways in which progressive philosophies of …

The Founding Of A School: An Oral History Of The Abraham Joshua Heschel School, Joan Yotive Berland

Graduate Student Independent Studies

The Abraham Joshua Heschel School was founded in the early 1980's by Peter Geffen and other Jewish professionals and laypersons who were committed to a school that was independent of any synagogue or organization. A school where a wide range of Jewish beliefs and practices along with secular studies could be integrated through intellectual, academic, ethical, artistic, social and emotional realms.

By conducting interviews with 4 or the 8 people who taught or worked at the Heschel school when it opened in 1983, it was possible to collect an oral history that revealed aspects which were significant in founding and …

The Post Office : A Social Studies Curriculum For Seven And Eight Year Olds, Carol Ribner

Graduate Student Independent Studies

This paper presents a curriculum that I have developed and used with my class of second graders over the past three years. The curriculum is the study of the Post Office as part of a study of the neighborhood, and the subsequent planning and running of a schoolwide post office.

W.E.B. Dubois: On The Importance Of Education, Valerie R. Distant

Graduate Student Independent Studies

How can I introduce a man like William Edward Burghardt DuBois in a few words? I have studied his life and times for little over a year now. For over 30 years, he was undoubtedly the most articulate, fearless and widely read spokesperson for equal rights of black Americans. (Wilson, W., 1970, p. ix) Moreover, he was a college professor, a researcher, an editor, a promoter of peace and a Pan-Africanist. Some would say he was arrogant, vain, and stubborn but I would say he was a self-confident born leader.

I heard the name W.E.B. DuBois for many years but …

Young Geographers: How They Explore The World And How They Map The World [4th Ed.], Lucy Sprague Mitchell

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"Lucy Sprague Mitchell's thesis is that through their own experiences children can learn geography, and that through geography children can learn about the human world."-- Foreward.

Charlotte Biber Winsor 1899-1982, Bank Street College Of Education

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A tribute to Charlotte Biber Winsor, faculty emeritus, Bank Street College of Education.

Approaches To Assessment [V.2], Bank Street College Of Education

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"The following papers describe the more comprehensive components of the Bank Street analysis system [within the developmental-interaction approach]." -- p.3

Approaches To Teaching And Learning [V.1], Bank Street College Of Education

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"In 1968, Bank Street College was invited, under the leadership of Elizabeth Gilkeson and Gordon Klopf, to join in the creation of the National Follow Through Program, an effort intended to sustain and extend the gains of Head Start for low income children. Bank Street's subsequent role as a sponsor offered an opportunity to extend knowledge, develop new tools for implementation and serve a diverse children population in many distant sites. The materials in the present volume grew out of Bank Street's efforts in this challenging program." -- Historical note, [p.2]

Once A Teacher: Biography Of Mildred L. Johnson Edwards, Black Educator, Juanita Isabel Coleman

Graduate Student Independent Studies

This biography for 8 to 13 year old children describes Mildred L. Johnson Edward's life as a student - one of the few black children at the Ethical Culture Schools for many years, her unsuccessful search for a student-teaching position in New York City's private schools, and her decision at the age of 20 to found a private school where she could give black children an alternative to the kind of public education they were being offered.

A Teachers' Discussion Group: One Source Of Support And Professional Growth Or Meeting And Eating In The Open Classroom, Rebecca Cort, Nydia Leaf, Susan Lewis, Jenny Solow

Graduate Student Independent Studies

This independent study concerns itself with the development of a post-Bank Street teacher discussion group which was formed as a means for support and continuing pro­fessional growth for beginning teachers.

A Descriptive Study Of An Approach To Teaching Reading In An Open Classroom, Helen Haratonik

Graduate Student Independent Studies

The following is a descriptive study of a reading program that was designed in Public School 3 in Greenwich Village.

Diary Of An Open Classroom, Alicia Montalvo

Graduate Student Independent Studies

This study describes the use of the open classroom method in a public school in Spanish Harlem.

Lucy Sprague Mitchell 1878-1967: An Hour Of Remembrance, Bank Street College Of Education

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The family, students, colleagues and friends of Lucy Sprague Mitchell met together to remember the life and work of this distinguished educator, author and founder of the Bank Street College of Education who on October 15, 1967, died at the age of 89 at her home in Palo Alto, California.

Children ...Here And Now [No. 5, 1957] : 40th Anniversary Issue, Bank Street College Of Education

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

Everychild: a miracle of growth, by Lucy Sprague Mitchell; Bank Street: past and present; Toward the future, by John H. Niemeyer; An experiment in teacher education, by Claudia Lewis; You kicked me, by Marguerita Rudolph; Founders - Bank Street College of Education; The expanding world of the two-year-old, by Betty Miles; From the President of the Associates, by William F. Blitzer; By children; Testing assumptions, by Irma Simonton Black; What is magic?, by Ruth A. Sonneborn; Evening romp [poem], by Eve …

Bank Street Profile: An Informal Report: 1916-1956, Bank Street College Of Education

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A report to the alumni and to the educational world about Bank Street forty years after its founding. Includes some of the important growths and developments of the past forty years, as described by some of the College staff members.

Edited and published by the Alumni of Bank Street College of Education, New York City.

Children ...Here And Now [No. 4, 1956], Bank Street College Of Education

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

Believe and make believe, by Lucy Sprague Mitchell; Forces in education, by John H. Niemeyer; First day of nursery school [poem], by Eve Merriam; The teacher shortage and our experiment in teacher education, by Charlotte B. Winsor; What's special about Writers Lab? by Eve Merriam; Old words and young meanings; A dream of a children's museum, by Ruth Sonneborn; Stories and poems, by the children; Orchids for the teacher, by Sonya F. Kaufer; Duncan, by Claudia Lewis; Children at work - ideas at work! …

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 …

Children ...Here And Now [No. 2, 1954], Bank Street College Of Education

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

Bank Street: Past to here and now; and in the future, by Lucy Sprague Mitchell; Is modern education anti-intellectual? by Meyer Rabban; Code for Snipers, by Nina Ridenour; Changing concepts of norms, by Barbara Biber, Jimmy wonders how things work, by Lucy Sprague Mitchell; Stories and poems, by the children; Children's reaction to a teacher's story, by Marguerita Rudolph, Bill, by Carra Matthews; A new approach to parent-teacher education, by Agnes N. Bass, Two Bank Street College conferences; A four year old truck …

Children ...Here And Now [Vol. 1, No. 1, 1953], Bank Street College Of Education

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

The most important procession on earth, by Lucy Sprague Mitchell; Education for emotional maturity, by Barbara Biber; Caroline, by Carra Matthews; A primer for writers, by Claudia Lewis; Stories and poems, by the children; Weaving patterns of his world, by Dorothy Stall; Margaret Wise Brown (1910-1952), by Lucy Sprague Mitchell; How do you know? [poem], by Margaret Wise Brown; Some fruits of solitude, by William Penn; The public school workshops program: letter to Bank Street, by Marion Clark; The workshop in …

Itinerary From 1951 Long Trip, Bank Street College Of Education

1951

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Itinerary From 1950 Long Trip, Bank Street College Of Education

1950

From p. 215-217 of Salvatore Vascellaro. (2011). Out of the Classroom and Into the World : Learning From Field Trips, Educating From Experience, and Unlocking the Potential of Our Students and Teachers. The New Press.

Lucy Sprague Mitchell, Mary Phelps, Margaret Wise Brown

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A short biography of Lucy Sprague Mitchell written around the time the Bank Street Writers Lab was established. Written by Writers Lab members Mary Phelps and Margaret Wise Brown.

Editorial: Handcuffs For Teachers; The Dilemma Of The Experimental School Teacher, Rosemary Bliven, Sybil May

69 Bank Street

Volume 2 Number 2, November 1935

Handcuffs for Teachers by Rose Emery Bliven discusses the "concerted attempt that is now being made throughout the United States to control the teacher..."

The Dilemma of the Experimental School Teacher by Sybil May discusses the similar problem private school teachers have with public school teachers in regard to academic freedom.

A Nursery School Puts Psychology To Work, Barbara Biber

69 Bank Street

Volume 1 Number 3, December 1934

"Describes, in part, the working attitude of a progressive nursery school with respect to the important problem of individual adjustment."

Teaching The Past And The Present, Lucy Sprague Mitchell

69 Bank Street

Volume 1, Number 1, October, 1934

"A report of informal discussions on curriculum by teachers of nine- and ten-year-old children."

Harriet M. Johnson: Pioneer 1867-1934, Lucy Sprague Mitchell

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Harriet Johnson's life and work as described by her long time colleague Lucy Sprague Mitchell.