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Educators Convene for Language Series 2015

In early November, the Graduate School hosted the 16th annual Language Series, a two-day conference designed to help educators explore the critical role that language plays in students’ social and academic […]

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Bank Street Hosts Conference on ‘Safe and Sound Schools’

On December 7, Bank Street’s Center for Emotionally Responsive Practice (ERP) hosted over 175 educators at a conference titled “Our Community of Safe and Sound Schools.” The day featured workshops on coping […]

Bank Street faculty members Sarah Willis, GSE '09; Marjorie Brickley, MSEd, IMHE® IV; and Gabriel Guyton, GSE '10, and Verner Center for Early Learning faculty members Laura Martin and Jacque Penick gather at the Zero to Three Conference in Seattle.

Bank Street Faculty Attend Zero to Three Conference

In early December, members of the Bank Street community attended the National Training Institute’s Zero to Three conference in Seattle, WA, to learn and share the latest information on the […]

Cynthia Weill, Director of the Center for Children’s Literature; Dean Cecelia Traugh; Graduate School faculty members Nancy McKeever and Peggy McNamara at the Library Salon.

Dean Cecelia Traugh Speaks at the Library Salon

On December 4, alumni, faculty, and students gathered at the fourth Library Salon to meet Cecelia Traugh, Dean of the Graduate School of Education. After mingling with guests over wine and hors-d’oeuvres, […]

Chancellor Carmen Fariña with President Shael Polakow-Suransky at the Bank Street Book Store.

Chancellor Fariña Visits Bank Street Book Store

New York City Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña visited the Bank Street Book Store on December 2 as part of NYC Reads 365, an initiative by the Department of Education to encourage […]

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Navigating a Data-Driven Landscape with CAEP

The Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) holds a national conference every fall for its member institutions. This year Diane Newman, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Amy Kline, Accreditation Officer and Senior Administrator, and Gretchen […]

Shael Polakow-Suransky at the podium

Inauguration Ceremony

On Friday, October 16, the Trustees of Bank Street College of Education hosted an estimated 700 attendees for the formal inauguration of Shael Polakow-Suransky as the College’s eighth president. The […]

Teaching Play in the Czech Republic and Japan

Child Life faculty member Deb Vilas was invited to teach in the Czech Republic and Japan this summer. The invitations to teach abroad followed Deb’s appearance as a keynote speaker at the […]

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Bank Street Launches Early Childhood Policy Center

The Straus Center for Young Children and Families, a new research and policy center housed at Bank Street College of Education, will explore the core questions and concerns of educators and policymakers […]