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 the 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, combining 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.

Day 39 of the Daily Photo Project

"The Degrees I Will Go For Happiness" by Trayc Claybrook

School began today, so I didn't have much time to get myself acclamate and shoot a decent photo. The pictures I had taken were kind of bland, so here's a piece of encaustic painting by Trayc Claybrook. My painting teacher had this gallery setup in the halls, and I'm blown away by the rich hues and texture of encaustic painting.