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|president = [[Shael Polakow-Suransky]]
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|students = 549 (2018, graduate school)<ref>{{cite web |title=Bank Street College of Education |url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?id=189015 |website=College Navigator |publisher=National Center for Education Statistics |accessdateaccess-date=December 27, 2019 |ref=CollegeNavigator}}</ref><br/> 451 (2019, school for children)<ref name=NYSAIS>{{cite web |title=Bank Street School for Children |url=https://www.nysais.org/page.cfm?p=102&start=1 |publisher=New York State Association of Independent Schools|access-date=December 27, 2019}}</ref>
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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 1930–1971 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}}
 
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.
 
Doug Knecht is the current Dean of Children'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|publisher=Bank Street College of Education|language=en-US}}</ref>
 
==Academics==
 
===Accreditation===
Since 1960 the school has been accredited by the [[Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Bank Street College of Education|url=http://www.msche.org/institutions_view.asp?idinstitution=29|publisher=Middle States Commission on Higher Education|accessdateaccess-date=February 8, 2020}}</ref> Bank Street School for Children is accredited by the [[New York State Association of Independent Schools]].<ref name=NYSAIS />
 
==== 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|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=Lewis|first=Crystal|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>
 
==Bank Street Bookstore==
The Bank Street Bookstore was an [[Upper West Side]] community bookstore that sold [[children's books]] and [[Educational toys|educational toys and games]]. It opened in 1970 in the lobby of Bank Street College, and moved to its second location on 112th Street and Broadway shortly thereafter. Its final location was on Broadway and West 107th Street until its closing in August 2020, due to the Coronavirus pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Coronavirus Shutters Longtime NYC Children's Bookstore|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/83822-coronavirus-shutters-longtime-nyc-children-s-bookstore.html|access-date=2021-08-09|website=PublishersWeekly.com|language=en}}</ref> The bookstore also hosted readings, daily story time, and celebrity events, with past guests including [[Stephen Colbert]], [[Julianne Moore]], and author [[Jeff Kinney (writer)|Jeff Kinney]].
The Bank Street Bookstore opened in 1970 in the lobby of Bank Street College, moving to its second location on 112th Street and Broadway shortly thereafter. Now located on Broadway and West 107th Street, Bank Street Book Store operates as a community bookstore for New York's [[Upper West Side]], selling [[children's books]] and [[Educational toys|educational toys and games]]. The bookstore also hosts readings, daily story time, and celebrity events, with past guests including [[Stephen Colbert]], [[Julianne Moore]], and author [[Jeff Kinney (writer)|Jeff Kinney]]. Operating losses and a ten-year decline in revenue forced the Bank Street Book Store to relocate in September 2014, moving from its 112th Street location to a new location on 107th Street.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Alter|first1=Alexandra|title=Signs of Literary Life for Two Booksellers on the Upper West Side|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/02/nyregion/signs-of-literary-life-for-two-booksellers-on-the-upper-west-side.html|accessdate=July 28, 2015|work=The New York Times|date=September 1, 2014}}</ref> Its reopening ceremony featured appearances from [[Manhattan Borough President]] [[Gale Brewer]] and notable authors [[Robie Harris]] and [[Isabel Gillies]], among others.<ref>{{cite web|title=Grand Opening Festival|url=http://www.bankstreetbooks.com/event/grand-opening-festival|website=Bank Street Book Store|accessdate=August 12, 2015}}</ref>
 
== Alumni ==
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===Graduate school===
 
*[[Bill Ayers]], militant activist and educator
*[[Bill Ayers]], elementary education theorist, former domestic terrorist, 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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*[[Diane Wolkstein]], folklorist and a former New York City official storyteller
*[[Adam Gidwitz]], author
 
=== School for Children ===
 
* [[Liz Garbus]], filmmaker<ref>{{Cite news|last=Salamon|first=Julie|date=2003-10-26|title=FILM; A Filmmaker Who Chooses to Live Behind Bars|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/26/movies/film-a-filmmaker-who-chooses-to-live-behind-bars.html|access-date=2021-08-09|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* 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|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>
 
==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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