Bank Street Stories

Category: Graduate Student Life

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 […]

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 […]

Heather Mohamed
Graduate School Classes

Reflections on My Integrated Master’s Project at Bank Street

“What do educators do to cultivate authentic, meaningful, and inspiring classroom communities?” This was the question I explored for my Integrative Master’s Project, notably known as the IMP. To better […]

Kristin Waters
Admissions

Student Services: So What Exactly Is a One-Stop Student Center, Anyway?

Bank Street College launched a one-stop Student Center on July 1, 2020, to provide you with high-level student service related to your enrollment. Now, you may be thinking… “That’s great, […]

Graduate Student Life

Commencement 2018— The First Bronx Cohort Graduates!

The drums pierced with a wild blaze through my heart—  the sounds were something ancient and completely mesmerizing. While listening, clapping, and cheering I waved my hands over my  my […]

Graduate Student Life

A Day in my Life – A Balancing Act

On a typical weekday, I feel like I have a million thoughts. Like many graduate students who may also work and lead full lives outside of school, I also feel […]

Admissions

Questions from you!

On April 9, 2016, we gave applicants to our teacher preparation programs an opportunity to discover Bank Street and meet members of our community. They got to meet various faculty […]