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Bank Street Blogs: Sharing Wisdom with Wider Audience

By Ariel Sacks

11/30/12

I loved and benefitted from my teacher education at Bank Street, but I was always frustrated at the fact that more people did not know about Bank Street's approach.  So I'm really excited to see that the graduate school of education is now blogging! Now anyone who wants to can benefit from the thinking at Bank Street about developmentally meaningful education for children and the teaching practices that create it.

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Mentors Gain a Lot Too

By Dan Brown

1/17/12

I’m one day into my career as a mentor for a student-teacher, and while I can’t speak for her— though she seemed very positive— I know I’ve already gained a lot.

Since we are now a team and I’m responsible for helping her to get a foothold on the craft of teaching, I am upping my game. Prior to class today I took more time with my plans, talked through all of my decisions, and afterward sat down to scrutinize student work as soon as it was handed in. That level of reflectiveness can be hard to gin up when you’re on your own.

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