Teachers College, Columbia University (sometimes referred to simply as Teachers College; also referred to as Teachers College of Columbia University or the Columbia University Graduate School of Education) is a top ranked graduate school of education in the United States. It was founded in 1887 by the philanthropist Grace Hoadley Dodge and philosopher Nicholas Murray Butler to provide a new kind of schooling for the teachers of the poor children of New York City, one that combined a humanitarian concern to help others with a scientific approach to human development. From its modest beginnings as a school to prepare home economists and manual art teachers for the children of the poor, the college affiliated with Columbia University in 1898, and went on to become the leading intellectual influence on the development of the American teaching profession. Under the terms of its affiliation with Columbia University, it is the University which actually awards all master's degrees, Ph.D., and Ed.D.degrees to graduates of Teachers College, as the College is Columbia University's Graduate School of Education. 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ... Private schools, or independent schools, are schools not administered by local, state, or national government, which retain the right to select their student body and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students tuition rather than with public (state) funds. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... NY redirects here. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is under construction. ... 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ... Grace Hoadley Dodge (May 21, 1856 - December 27, 1914) was an American philanthropist. ... Nicholas Murray Butler Nicholas Murray Butler (April 2, 1862 – December 7, 1947) was an American philosopher, diplomat, and educator. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Columbia University is a private research university in the United States. ... Columbia University is a private research university in the United States. ... A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate or graduate course of one to three years in duration. ... Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. ... The Doctor of Education degree (Ed. ...

Teachers College, view down West 120th Street.

The founders early recognized that professional teachers need reliable knowledge about the conditions under which children learn most effectively. As a result, the College's program from the start included such fundamental subjects as educational psychology and educational sociology. The founders also insisted that education must be combined with clear ideas about ethics and the nature of a good society; consequently programs were developed in the history of education and in comparative education. As the number of school children increased during the twentieth century, the problems of managing the schools became ever more complex. The college took on the challenge and instituted programs of study in areas of administration, economics, and politics. Other programs developed in such emerging fields as clinical and counseling psychology, developmental psychology, cognitive psychology, curriculum development, instructional technology, media studies and school health care. From 1904, when he became a faculty member there, Teachers College was most famously associated with philosopher John Dewey. Image File history File linksMetadata Teachers_College_today. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Teachers_College_today. ... Educational psychology is the study of how humans learn in educational settings, the effectiveness of educational interventions, the psychology of teaching, and the social psychology of schools as organizations. ... Ethics (via Latin from the Ancient Greek moral philosophy, from the adjective of Ä“thos custom, habit), a major branch of philosophy, is the study of values and customs of a person or group. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Comparative education seeks to throw light on education in one country (or group of countries) by using data and insights drawn from the practises and situation in another country, or countries. ... Look up Administration (business) in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions. ... This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Cognitive Psychology is the school of psychology that examines internal mental processes such as problem solving, memory, and language. ... John Dewey (October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer, whose thoughts and ideas have been greatly influential in the United States and around the world. ...

Today, Teachers College provides solutions to the difficult problems of urban education, reaffirming its original mission in providing a new kind of education for those left most in need by society or circumstance. The college continues its collaborative research with urban and suburban school systems that strengthen teaching in such fundamental areas as reading, writing, science, mathematics, and the arts; prepares leaders to develop and administer psychological and health care programs in schools, hospitals and community agencies; and advances technology for the classroom, developing new teaching software and keeping teachers abreast of new developments. Teachers College also houses a wide range of applied psychology degrees, including one of the nation's leading programs in Organizational Psychology. Reading is a process of retrieving and comprehending some form of stored information or ideas. ... Illustration of a scribe writing Writing, in its most common sense, is the preservation of and the preserved text on a medium, with the use of signs or symbols. ... Part of a scientific laboratory at the University of Cologne. ... Euclid, Greek mathematician, 3rd century BC, as imagined by by Raphael in this detail from The School of Athens. ... The arts is a broad subdivision of culture, composed of many expressive disciplines. ... By the mid 20th century humans had achieved a mastery of technology sufficient to leave the surface of the Earth for the first time and explore space. ...

Rankings

According to U.S. News & World Report, Teachers College, Columbia University stands alone as the #1 Graduate School of Education in the nation in 2007. Teachers College was also ranked #1 Graduate School of Education from 1996-1998. U.S. News & World Report is a weekly newsmagazine. ...

Notable alumni

• Charles Alston (1931), artist
• Hafizullah Amin, President of Afghanistan
• Mary Antin (1902), author of the immigrant experience
• Betty Castor, politician and President of the University of South Florida
• Shirley Chisholm, first African American woman elected to Congress, US Presidential candidate
• Albert Ellis, cognitive behavioral therapist
• George Ivany (M.A. 1962), President of the University of Saskatchewan
• Thomas Kean, Governor of New Jersey
• Georgia O'Keeffe, artist
• Neil Postman, cultural critic
• Ella Cara Deloria, (1915) Yankton Sioux ethnologist
• Carl Rogers (M.A. 1928, Ph.D. 1931), psychologist
• Edward Thorndike, psychologist
• Ruth Westheimer, sex therapist
• Gordon Gee (JD/EdD), Chancellor of Vanderbilt University

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Notable past faculty

• John Dewey, philosopher
• Elbert K. Fretwell, Second Chief Sout Executive
• Edward Thorndike, psychologist
• Donna Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services under US President Bill Clinton

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External links

• Teachers College website