normal school
noun
(formerly) a school offering a two-year course and certification to high school graduates preparing to be teachers, especially elementary-school teachers.
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Normal Schoolnoun(in France, and formerly England, the US, and Canada) a school or institution for training teachers
normal school
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Normal School
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Etymology
Origin of normal school
First recorded in 1825–35
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“To be able to tell these kids ‘it will be a normal school day’ is just amazing,” Melvoin said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026
The legislation also allowed space for professional development for teachers within a normal school day.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
Because I was a television actor, I wasn't being considered for films, so after a season would end, I'd just go back to my normal school.
From Salon ● Dec. 5, 2023
"We are a completely normal school," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2023
They were even willing to hire a substitute teacher and send her for a winter’s course at the normal school in Terre Haute.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
The international team of co-authors also includes researchers from Monash University and the Museums Victoria Research Institute in Australia; the Benemérita Normal School of Coahuila in Mexico and the Smithsonian Institution.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 16, 2023
Once she graduated from high school, Mabovitch attended Milwaukee Normal School and trained to become a teacher.
From National Geographic ● Sep. 12, 2023
Heck, 200 years ago, when the first Normal School — the two-year seminary for educating teachers — opened in Vermont in 1823, parents who cared more about work than their kids was a hot topic.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 23, 2023
The brick hall named for McMullen was finished in 1935 and was the first structure at what was then Eastern Montana Normal School.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2022
At the nearby Normal School, for example, the number of women applying to become teacher trainees was said to be many times the usual.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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