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==History==
The origins of the school lie in the '''Bureau of Educational Experiments''', which was established in 1916 by [[Lucy Sprague Mitchell]], her husband [[Wesley Clair Mitchell]], and [[Harriet Merrill Johnson]]; Lucy Mitchell's cousin [[Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge]] provided financial support.{{r|anb|dab|}} The bureau was intended to foster research into, and development of, experimental and [[progressive education]], and was influenced by the thinking of [[Edward Thorndike]] and [[John Dewey]], both of whom Mitchell had studied with at [[Columbia University]]. The bureau was run by a council of twelve members, but Mitchell was its most influential figure until the 1950s.{{r|anb}} The name of the institution derives from its 1930-19711930–1971 location at 69 Bank Street in Greenwich Village.<ref>[{{cite web | url=https://www.bankstreet.edu/about-bank-street/history/]. | title=History }}</ref>▼
 
▲The origins of the school lie in the '''Bureau of Educational Experiments''', which was established in 1916 by [[Lucy Sprague Mitchell]], her husband [[Wesley Clair Mitchell]], and [[Harriet Merrill Johnson]]; Lucy Mitchell's cousin [[Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge]] provided financial support.{{r|anb|dab|}} The bureau was intended to foster research into, and development of, experimental and [[progressive education]], and was influenced by the thinking of [[Edward Thorndike]] and [[John Dewey]], both of whom Mitchell had studied with at [[Columbia University]]. The bureau was run by a council of twelve members, but Mitchell was its most influential figure until the 1950s.{{r|anb}} The name of the institution derives from its 1930-1971 location at 69 Bank Street in Greenwich Village.<ref>[https://www.bankstreet.edu/about-bank-street/history/].</ref>
 
In 1919 the bureau started a [[nursery school]] for children from fifteen to thirty-six months old; Harriet Johnson was the director. The school fed in to the [[City and Country School|Play School]] for three- to seven-year-olds run by [[Caroline Pratt (educator)|Caroline Pratt]]; eight-year-olds were taught in a special class by members of the bureau.{{r|anb}}
 
Bank Street College of Education served as an academic consultant during development for [[Multiplication Rock]], the first series of [[Schoolhouse Rock!|Schoolhouse Rocks!]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kamp|first=David|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=za3jDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA182|title=Sunny Days: The Children's Television Revolution That Changed America|date=2020-05-12|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-1-5011-3780-8|language=en}}</ref>
 
In 1958, the college received a $1,000,000 grant from the [[Department of Health, Education and Welfare]] for a five-year study on how schools for younger children could improve mental health development.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1958/10/02/archives/educator-to-direct-kindergarten-group.html?searchResultPosition=10 "Educator to Direct Kindergarten Group"] -– ''New York Times'', October 2, 1958</ref>▼
 
The personal computer word processing application [[Bank Street Writer]] (1981) was developed by the college and marketed to school and home computer markets. Its brand extension [[Bank Street Music Writer]] (1985) was a music composition application.
▲In 1958, the college received a $1,000,000 grant from the [[Department of Health, Education and Welfare]] for a five-year study on how schools for younger children could improve mental health development.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1958/10/02/archives/educator-to-direct-kindergarten-group.html?searchResultPosition=10 "Educator to Direct Kindergarten Group"] - ''New York Times'', October 2, 1958</ref>
 
Doug Knecht is the current Dean of Children’sChildren's Programs and Head of the School for Children.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Doug Knecht|url=https://www.bankstreet.edu/about-bank-street/staff/doug-knecht/|access-date=2021-02-21|websitepublisher=Bank Street College of Education|language=en-US}}</ref>
 
==Academics==
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==== Head Start ====
It is one of about hundred schools in the Manhattan area which participate in the national [[Head Start Program]] of the Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center of the [[U.S. Department of Health & Human Services]].<ref>[https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/grantee-profiles/bank_street_college_of_education_ny Bank Street College of Education - 02CH010795]. Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center, [[U.S. Department of Health & Human Services]]. Accessed February 2020.</ref>
 
== Bank Street School for Children ==
The Bank Street School for Children is a [[Private school|private]] [[Mixed-sex education|coed]] [[preschool]], [[Elementary school (United States)|elementary school]], and [[middle school]] within the Bank Street College of Education.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Family|first=New York|title=A Guide to the Best Manhattan Private Schools: 2019-20|url=https://www.newyorkfamily.com/a-guide-to-manhattans-private-schools-new-york/|access-date=2021-08-09|website=www.newyorkfamily.com|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Bank Street School For Children Profile (2021) {{!}} New York, NY|url=https://www.privateschoolreview.com/bank-street-school-for-children-profile|access-date=2021-08-09|website=Private School Review|language=en}}</ref> The school includes children in [[Nursery school|nursery]] through [[eighth grade]],<ref name=":0" /> split into three divisions: the lower school, for nursery through first grade; the middle school, for second through fourth grades; and the upper school, for fifth through eighth grades.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS): Bank Street School for Children|url=https://www.nysais.org/page.cfm?p=102|access-date=2021-08-09|website=www.nysais.org}}</ref> There are 451 children enrolled as students,<ref name=":1" /> approximately 50% of which are students of color.<ref>{{Cite web|title=How to help your youngest students talk about and navigate differences: A profile of Bank Street School for Children {{!}} EAB|url=https://eab.com/insights/expert-insight/independent-school/school-for-children-racial-justice-curriculum/|access-date=2021-08-09|website=eab.com|language=en-US}}</ref> The instructors are often current or past students of Bank Street's graduate school, which shares a campus with the School for Children—including more than half of the teachers who are alumni.<ref>{{Cite web|last=LEWISLewis|first=CRYSTALCrystal|title=Grooming Teachers, Bank Street Puts Stress on Basics and a Belief in Kids|url=https://thechiefleader.com/news/news_of_the_week/grooming-teachers-bank-street-puts-stress-on-basics-and-a-belief-in-kids/article_f7d9f1b8-5b5d-11e7-a84b-c3281f3a50aa.html|access-date=2021-08-09|website=The Chief|language=en}}</ref>
 
The School for Children is accredited by the [[New York State Association of Independent Schools]] and is a member of the [[National Association of Independent Schools]].<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=NAIS Bookstore|url=https://my.nais.org/s/searchdirectory?id=a2C3m00000EQaO4|access-date=2021-08-09|website=my.nais.org}}</ref>
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===Graduate school===
 
*[[Bill Ayers]], militant activist and educator
*[[Bill Ayers]], elementary education theorist, and retired Distinguished Professor, College of Education, University of Illinois, Chicago
*[[Lee Bennett Hopkins]], educator, poet, author, and anthologist
*[[Claudine K. Brown]], director at the [[Smithsonian Institution]], museum educator, artist
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* Ben Lerer, CEO Thrillist Media Group<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-25|title=School for Children Alum, Ben Lerer, Featured in The New York Times – Morningside Area Alliance|url=https://morningside-alliance.org/uncategorized/school-for-children-alum-ben-lerer-featured-in-the-new-york-times-2/|access-date=2021-08-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025020740/https://morningside-alliance.org/uncategorized/school-for-children-alum-ben-lerer-featured-in-the-new-york-times-2/|archive-date=October 25, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Angelica Page]], actress and filmmaker<ref>{{Cite web|last=Brown|first=Dennis|title=Angelica Torn, the daughter of Rip Torn and Geraldine Page, forges her own stage path|url=https://www.riverfronttimes.com/stlouis/angelica-torn-the-daughter-of-rip-torn-and-geraldine-page-forges-her-own-stage-path/Content?oid=2491686|access-date=2021-08-09|website=Riverfront Times|language=en}}</ref>
 
* [[Shuwanza Goff]], Deputy Director of the Office of Legislative Affairs for President Joe Biden<ref>{{Cite web|[email protected]|first=Adam |last=Parker|title=Shuwanza Goff, with Georgetown roots, to join President-elect Biden's White House staff|url=https://www.postandcourier.com/news/local_state_news/shuwanza-goff-with-georgetown-roots-to-join-president-elect-bidens-white-house-staff/article_992653c4-2f52-11eb-a5ca-570acd913952.html|access-date=2021-08-09|website=Post and Courier|language=en}}</ref>▼
 
* [[Purva Bedi]], actress
 
* [[Ally Sheedy]], actress<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ally Sheedy|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000639/bio|access-date=2021-08-09|website=IMDb}}</ref>
▲* [[Shuwanza Goff]], Deputy Director of the Office of Legislative Affairs for President Joe Biden<ref>{{Cite web|[email protected]|first=Adam Parker|title=Shuwanza Goff, with Georgetown roots, to join President-elect Biden's White House staff|url=https://www.postandcourier.com/news/local_state_news/shuwanza-goff-with-georgetown-roots-to-join-president-elect-bidens-white-house-staff/article_992653c4-2f52-11eb-a5ca-570acd913952.html|access-date=2021-08-09|website=Post and Courier|language=en}}</ref>
 
==References==
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<ref name=anb>Joyce{{cite Antlerbook (1999).| [url=https://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-0900513 Mitchell,| Lucyisbn=978-0-19-860669-7 Sprague| (02 July 1878–15 October 1967)]. ''American National Biography''. Oxford: Oxford University Press. {{doi|=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0900513}}. {{subscription| year=2000 | last1=Antler | first1=Joyce | title=Mitchell, Lucy Sprague (1878-1967), educator required}}.</ref>
 
<ref name=dab>[https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/BT2310007353/GPS?u=wikipedia&sid=GPS&xid=9653d1a7 Lucy Sprague Mitchell]. In: John Arthur Garraty, Mark C. Carnes (editors) (1988). [https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofamer00garr/page/n9 ''Dictionary of American Biography'', supplement eight: 1966-1970]. New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons; London: Collier Macmillan Publishers. {{isbn|9780684186184}}. {{subscription required}}.</ref>
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==Further reading==
* Fisher, Patricia, and Anne Perryman. "A brief history: Bank street college of education." (2000) [https://educate.bankstreet.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1001&context=books online].
 
* Nager, Nancy, and Edna Shapiro. "A progressive approach to the education of teachers: Some principles from Bank Street College of Education." ''Occasional Paper Series'' (2007) #18 [https://educate.bankstreet.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1169&context=occasional-paper-series online]
 
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