District Of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College – Buildings
The LaSalle Laboratory School, located at Riggs Road and Madison Street in Northeast Washington, DC was named in honor of Jessie La Salle, who taught in the District School system, between 1923 and 1948. The building, completed in 1958, became one...
District Of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College – Buildings
Miner Building
After the District of Columbia Teachers College (DCTC) was formed in 1955 through the merger of Miner Teachers College and Wilson Teachers College, DCTC
held classes at the Miner building (the site of the former Miner Teachers College). The Miner...
District Of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College – Buildings
The Truesdale School, named in honor of George Truesdell, a one-time Commissioner of the DC, is located at Eighth and Ingraham Streets, NW, in Washington, DC. For several years, it was the laboratory school of Wilson Teachers College. After Wilson...
District Of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College -- Buildings
Wilson Teachers College merged with Miner Teachers College to form DCTC.The reason for the merger was to comply with the BROWN V. BOARD decision in 1954 to desegregate public education. DCTC Classes held at the Wilson building after DCTC was...
District Of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College -- Students
DCTC defined its primary purpose as preparing students for teaching in pre-schools, early childhood education centers, elementary, secondary schools, Special Education, and Adult Education.
District Of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College -- Students
DCTC sought to develop in the undergraduate students a deep interest in teaching as a profession and major concern for problems of the urban community, including those facing Afro-American, Spanish-Speaking, and other ethnic minorities in the...
Cooke, Paul P.;
District Of Columbia Teachers College
Dr. Paul Cooke taught English and directed several plays at both Miner Teachers College and DCTC. He served as president of DCTC from 1968 through 1974.
Federal City College was housed in some 16 temporary facilities in DC. In the early 1970s, FCC was attempting to find permanent campus for FCC to be located at Mt. Vernon Square, home of the DC Public Library. A second permanent campus was sought...
College presidents – Washington (D.C.) -- Federal
City College;
Dickson, David;
Farner, Frank;
Federal City College
FCC President Frank Farner and FCC Vice president of Academic Affairs, David Dickson, at a construction site for one of the sites for FCC planned to use for instruction.
