Teachers College Press
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Parent company | Teachers College, Columbia University |
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Status | Active |
Founded | 1904 |
Founder | Teachers College, Columbia University |
Country of origin | United States |
Headquarters location | New York, New York |
Distribution | Baker & Taylor Publisher Services (US)[1] UTP Guidance Centre (Canada) Eurospan Group (rest of world)[2] |
Nonfiction topics | Education |
Official website | tcpress |
Teachers College Press is the university press of Teachers College, Columbia University. Founded in 1904,[3] Teachers College Press has published professional and classroom materials for over a century and currently publishes 70 titles per year.
History
- 1889: The City of New York grants a provisional charter to found a college for the training of teachers.
- 1892: The New York College for the Training of Teachers changes its name to Teachers College and receives a permanent charter.
- 1898: Teachers College affiliates with Columbia University.
- 1904: The Bureau of Publications is established as the official professional publishing agency for Teachers College.
- 1965: The Bureau of Publications is renamed Teachers College Press.
- 1971: Teachers College Press is admitted into the American Association of University Presses.
Directors
Director | Tenure | |
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1. | Hamden Forkner | 1959–1966 |
2. | John Calan | 1967–1970 |
3. | Robert P. Bletter | 1971–1976 |
4. | Frank Jennings | 1976–1977 |
5. | Thomas Rotell | 1978–1983 |
6. | Carole Saltz | 1983 – present |
Notable authors
Teachers College Press authors include:
Richard Allington, Jean Anyon, Michael Apple, Arthur Applebee, William Ayers, James A. Banks, David Berliner, Elizabeth Cohen, Linda Darling-Hammond, Eleanor Duckworth, Elliot Eisner, Richard Elmore, Reuven Feuerstein, Michelle Fine, Susan Fuhrman, Michael Fullan, Maxine Greene, Andy Hargreaves, Kevin Kumashiro, Gloria Ladson-Billings, Deborah Meier, Susan Neuman, Sonia Nieto, Nel Noddings, Marc Prensky, Seymour Sarason, Frank Smith, and Joel Westheimer.