Bank Street Stories

Category: Admissions

Admissions

Student Spotlight: Meet Izzy!

Izzy Lapidus is a Brooklyn-based student pursuing her MSEd in Childhood Special and General Education at Bank Street. During the 2025–2026 school year, Izzy worked as a teaching assistant at […]

Admissions

What Online Learning at Bank Street Actually Looks Like

Real flexibility. Real community. Real results—straight from the educators who lived it. Bank Street has spent over a century building on the belief that people learn best when actively engaged—with […]

Brian Hogarth, Director, Museum Education Programs at Bank Street Graduate School of Education
Admissions

The Many Roles of Educators in Museum and Cultural Organizations

It’s late spring, and, aside from finishing up the semester, many of us at Bank Street are also reviewing applications for next fall’s intake of new graduate students.  As program […]

Molly Waterman and Abigail Kerlin in 2023
Admissions

Full Circle from Kindergarten to Bank Street Graduate School

When aspiring graduate student Molly Waterman sat down for her Bank Street admissions interview, she found herself face to face with her beloved kindergarten and first-grade teacher, Abigail Kerlin, who […]

Kevin B. Taylor
Admissions

Seven Months In: A Reflection

For over two decades, I have overseen programming and admissions at many different institutions of higher education—large and small, private and public, rural, suburban, and urban —with programming that spanned […]

Peggy McNamara, Bank Street Graduate School of Education
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Supportive Graduate School Experience

At Bank Street Graduate School of Education, we understand that the decision to pursue your educational career is a monumental one. You are committing many of your resources—time, money, and, […]