Bank Street College of Education - American Education

An independent, graduate education college, founded in 1916 in New York City as an experimental center to improve education. The college is coeducational and offers master’s degree programs and nondegree programs for a variety of work with students in educational settings. It also operates the School for Children (popularly called the Bank Street School) for 435 children, 3 to 13 years old, and the Family Center, for infants and toddlers as young as nine months. The school and center provide students of early childhood education with opportunities for studying and interacting with children, parents and teachers. About 3,000 educators from around the world visit the college and its school each year. The college has about 900 students and requires a bachelor’s degree for admission. (See also LABORATORY SCHOOL.)