page_title: David O. McKay School of Education
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: David O. McKay School of Education / History
caption_attribution_description: English: David Oman McKay, the ninth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
context_page_description: Brigham Young University's David O. McKay School of Education specializes in teaching, administration, communication disorders, and educational inquiry. It is located in three buildings on Brigham Young University campus in Provo, Utah, namely the David O. McKay Building, John Taylor Building, and the George Albert Smith Fieldhouse. It was ranked number 78 in the United States for best education schools for 2020.
context_section_description: The David O. McKay School of Education began in 1913 as the Church Teachers College. It has gone through several name changes: the School of Education (1920), the College of Education (1921), and finally the David O. McKay School of Education (1998). It was named after David O. McKay, educator and former president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
  In 1954 the undergraduate majors outside of elementary education and early childhood education were shifted into the colleges of their specific disciplines. Since then, the School of Education has only offered educational methods courses for education majors housed in different colleges. In 2010, the Physical Education Teacher Education major was moved back to the McKay School with the dissolution of the Physical Education, Health, and Recreation department.
caption: David O. McKay, the educator and LDS church president that the McKay School is named after.
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