#40: Queer Culture at Bank Street

In celebration of Pride Month, Library Salon #40 explores Bank Street\u27s rich queer history and its connection to the present moment. Featuring current and former faculty Margie Brickley and Jonathan Silin, librarians Peter Hare and Grace Handy, School for Children parent Andrea Ortega-Williams, and former School for Children teacher and graduate school alum Ro Peñahttps://educate.bankstreet.edu/librarysalons/1039/thumbnail.jp

The Record, Issue 1

The first quarterly newsletter from the Bank Street Archiveshttps://educate.bankstreet.edu/record/1000/thumbnail.jp

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It\u27s Time to Bring Block Play Back to Kindergarten Classrooms

Originally published on Medium, this Op-Ed describes the necessity of block play in kindergarten classrooms for the development of essential skills, such as spacial awareness and abstract thinking, language and literacy skills, mathematical reasoning, and critical thinking and problem solving skills.https://educate.bankstreet.edu/bsec/1014/thumbnail.jp

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Crawl Spaces to Productive Ruptures: A Reflection to Remember Speculative Futures

Perhaps the greatest purpose of artistic expression is trying to make sense of the human experience. Art and storytelling construct and transform our realities. They take the noise of seemingly endless stimuli in our physical existence and identify patterns and meanings, and in so doing, wield incredible power. This is the exact reason censorship is a useful tool to the status quo and reactive. The state of Iowa put this tool to use in 2021 with the passage of House File 802, the law restricting so-called “divisive concepts” and the ability to explore systemic oppression in schools (Iowa Legislative Services Agency). The unnecessary restriction of learning categorized as “divisive” impeded critical thinking and disproportionately censored LGBTQ+ and BIPOC authors. With scant support or direction from educational authorities and little hope of legal repeal, educators attempted to navigate the hostile environment of questionably banned books, inhumane treatment of students, and severely diminished curricula

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Renée Watson Claudia Lewis Award 2025 Acceptance Speech

Author Renée Watson wins the Claudia Lewis Award 2025 (older readers) for Black Girl You Are Atlas from Bank Street College Children\u27s Book Committee. The Claudia Lewis Award The Claudia Lewis Award, given for the first time in 1998, honors the best poetry book of the year. The award commemorates the late Claudia Lewis, distinguished children’s book expert and longtime member of the Bank Street College faculty and Children’s Book Committee. She conveyed her love and understanding of poetry with humor and grace.https://educate.bankstreet.edu/cbc_awards/1025/thumbnail.jp