Bank Street College of Education is a private, independent institution of higher learning in New York City. The college specializes in early childhood, childhood, and adolescent education. It seeks to discover better ways to educate children and to develop progressive programs that can improve learning across the United States and around the world. It was founded in 1916 as the Bureau of Educational Experiments.
Bank Street’s graduate programs combine academic study with field-based work. Bank Street’s School for Children serves as a working model for the college’s approach to teaching. The Family Center emphasizes the interaction between the learning child and the physical and social environment. The Bank Street Publications and Media Group creates materials to meet the educational needs of teachers, parents, and children.
The college’s website at https://www.bankstreet.edu/ offers additional information.
