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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In every area, childminders play a crucial role in plugging gaps in care, especially outside of normal school hours, but this data shows that they are, on average, £55 a week more than holiday clubs.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2025
As one slide at a meeting for parents said: “We feel confident about allowing a return to normal school operations, giving discretion to site administrators to pivot should conditions change.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2025
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
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
Towson University, which was called Maryland Normal School when it was founded in 1866, was racially segregated until the U.S.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2022
But after they graduated from seventh grade, Colored children who wanted to continue their education had to leave home to attend the Petersburg Normal School for Negroes.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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