Category: Progressive Education

Progressive Education

Building a Community of Public Educators at Bank Street

Posted on March 22, 2021 by Audrey Fleischner, GSE ’19, Childhood General and Special Education; and Nitika Nadgar, GSE ’22, Early Childhood General and Special Education

Without a doubt, Bank Street prepares you for the ins and outs of teaching, but the school’s greatest lasting impact on your career is how it connects you to a […]

Progressive Education

Progressive Education: Learning to Understand

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Carolina Soto

In education, it’s always a point of both interest and tension: progressive education versus traditional and all the assumptions that come with each. Growing up having been taught via traditional […]

Graduate School Classes

Theory and Practice – What Do Vygotsky, Erikson, and Maslow Know About 3 Year Olds in the Bronx?

Posted on January 12, 2017 by Carolina Soto

If New York City is legendarily tough – The Bronx is tougher. There’s a sense of bravado – a strength, pride and a distinguishable bearing wrought from life experience in the Bronx. […]

Current Events & Educational Policy

Reducing or Eliminating Standardized Testing

Posted on December 6, 2013 by John Kuckens

Javier C. Hernandez’s article in The Times, “New York State Seeks to Scale Back Student Testing” details some steps being taken to reduce the amount and type of testing for […]