10 Notable alumni of
Bank Street College of Education
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The Bank Street College of Education is 2562nd in the world, 880th in North America, and 832nd in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 10 notable alumni from the Bank Street College of Education sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Zohran Mamdani
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- social activisthousing counselorrapperpolitician
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani is an American politician who has served as the 112th mayor of New York City since January 2026. A member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America, Mamdani served from 2021 to 2025 as a member of the New York State Assembly for the 36th district, representing Astoria, Queens.
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Ally Sheedy
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- actortelevision actorwriterfilm actordancer
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Alexandra Elizabeth Sheedy is an American actress. She made her feature film debut in Bad Boys (1983) and came to prominence as a member of the Brat Pack with roles in Oxford Blues (1984), The Breakfast Club (1985), St. Elmo's Fire (1985), and Blue City (1986). She received three Saturn Award nominations for Best Actress for her performances in WarGames (1983), Fear (1990), and Man's Best Friend (1993). For playing a drug-addicted lesbian photographer in High Art (1998), Sheedy won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead. She also had significant roles in the films Twice in a Lifetime (1985), Short Circuit (1986), Betsy's Wedding (1990), Only the Lonely (1991), and Life During Wartime (2009), as well as the series Single Drunk Female (2022–2023).
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Angelica Page
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- stage actorfilm directortelevision actoractorfilm actor
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Angelica Page is an American actress, director, producer and screenwriter. She is the only daughter of the actors Rip Torn and Geraldine Page. Credited as Angelica Torn in her early career, she legally and professionally changed her name to Angelica Page in September 2011.
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Margaret Wise Brown
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- writerchildren's writer
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Margaret Wise Brown was an American writer of children's books, including Goodnight Moon (1947) and The Runaway Bunny (1942), both illustrated by Clement Hurd. She has been called "the laureate of the nursery" for her achievements. Besides her real name, she also used the noms-de-plume Golden MacDonald for Doubleday and Company, Timothy Hay for Harper & Brothers and Juniper Sage (her collaboration with Edith Thacher Hurd) for William R. Scott, Inc.
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Lucy Wainwright Roche
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- singersongwriter
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Lucy Wainwright Roche is an American singer-songwriter. Preceded by two EPs, 8 Songs and 8 More, Roche released her debut album, Lucy in October 2010. In 2013, she starred as Jeri in the Stuff You Should Know television show.
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Adam Gidwitz
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- writerchildren's writer
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Adam Gidwitz is an American author of children's books, best known for A Tale Dark and Grimm (2010), In a Glass Grimmly (2012), and The Grimm Conclusion (2013). He received a 2017 Newbery Honor for The Inquisitor’s Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog (2016). In 2021, his book A Tale Dark and Grimm was adapted into an animated miniseries on Netflix.
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Robie Harris
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- writerchildren's writer
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Robie H. Harris was an American author. She wrote more than 30 children's books, including the frequently challenged It's Perfectly Normal (1994) and It's So Amazing (1999).
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Shael Polakow-Suransky
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- teacher
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Shael Polakow-Suransky is the president of the Bank Street College of Education. Previously, he was the New York City Department of Education Chief Academic Officer and Senior Deputy Chancellor.
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Claudine K. Brown
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- 1949-2016 (aged 67)
- Occupations
- curatorlawyereducator
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Claudine K. Brown was an American museum director and educator and nonprofit executive. She was best known for her work at the Smithsonian Institution, where she was Director of Education, responsible for directing its work to help educate K-12 students. She was also a specialist in African-American history.
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Dorothy Stoneman
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- 1942-.. (age 84)
- Occupations
- educator
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Dorothy Stoneman is the founder and former CEO of YouthBuild USA, Inc. and former chairman of the YouthBuild Coalition, with over 1,000 member organizations in 45 states, Washington, D.C. and the Virgin Islands. She has been widely recognized for her contributions to the civil rights movements, poverty elimination efforts, and the emergence of the youth development field in the United States. Among the numerous awards she has received, Stoneman was awarded a MacArthur "genius" Fellowship (1996), and the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship (2007).
