Friends Center director featured as Bank Street distinguished alumna

1.7.2022

Friends Center director featured as Bank Street distinguished alumna

Bank Street College of Education, located in New York City prepares teachers, educators, and school leaders to transform their world in large and small ways. Indeed this was the experience for Friends Center Executive Director Allyx Schiavone, who earned dual master’s degrees there.

Today Allyx is featured as a distinguished alumna on their Meet our Alumni page. Allyx and the Friends Center’s Teacher Housing program are also featured on Bank Street’s “Alumni in the News” page, as the fourth entry entitled “Early-Ed Center Offers Teacher Housing.”

Read more on Bank Street's website

How to Meet the President…

On February 7, 2023, Friends Center Executive Director Allyx Schiavone had the opportunity to meet the President and speak on behalf of early childhood education, alongside U.S. Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro at a press conference led by U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee.

Early Ed Advocates Call For State $ Bump

A Connecticut-wide coalition of child care providers and advocates has stepped up its call for state government to increase funding for an industry in “crisis” because the demand from families far exceeds the supply of educators.

That was the key takeaway from a Zoom-assisted online press conference hosted Tuesday morning by the group Child Care for Connecticut’s Future.

Property Sales Roundup: Early Ed Center Expands

A Fair Haven Heights-based early childhood education nonprofit continued its citywide expansion by purchasing two adjacent commercial buildings in Westville Village for $1.995 million.

That was one of the latest local property transactions, as recorded on New Haven’s online land records database.