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Graduate Student Life

A Day in the Life

Today I wanted to share with you a typical day in my life as a student told through photographs. A typical day for me includes student teaching followed by classes […]

Lists

Holidays off the Beaten Path

New York City is an exciting place around the holidays. There are lots of festive things to do from the tree at Rockefeller Center to the window displays at Macy’s. I would […]

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Podcasts on the Commute

One of the greatest things about New York City is the public transportation. We can get on a subway, bus, or a train without the hassle and stress of driving […]

Events & Conferences

Book Discussion with President Shael Polakow-Suransky

On October 29th, I had the opportunity to attend a book discussion hosted by Bank Street’s new president Shael Polakow-Suransky. Over the summer, Shael sent an email to everyone in […]

Admissions

Navigating the Open House

On November 20th, Bank Street will be holding one of many Graduate School open houses. I attended one of these open houses at this time last year when I was […]

Meet Our Student Blogger

Meet Our Student Blogger: Sharon Leatherwood

Hello and welcome to the Graduate Admissions Blog! My name is Sharon Leatherwood and I am thrilled to be the graduate student blogger for the 2014-2015 school year at Bank […]

Current Events & Educational Policy

Alumni Featured on Slate Podcast on Teacher Tenure

Slate produces original reporting and commentary on social, business, technology and political stories, and it has earned a bookmark button in many a browser over the years, including mine. Attending the […]

Graduate School Classes

How I Learned Science by Cleaning a Chicken

This summer, I am taking a course called “Science for Teachers” with Stan Chu. In one of our first classes, Stan nonchalantly mentioned that he is in his 48th year of […]

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The Tourist in Me

Lots of us have moved to NYC to attend Bank Street. In those exciting first few days, with boxes still taped together, Ikea furniture not yet broken, no salt or […]

Current Events & Educational Policy

Reflections on the 9th Niemeyer series: UPK in NYC

[The views expressed in this blog posting do not reflect that of Bank Street College as a whole] Bank Street’s ninth Niemeyer Series, Universal Pre-K in New York City, took […]