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  • normal school
    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.
  • Normal School
    Normal School
    noun
    (in France, and formerly England, the US, and Canada) a school or institution for training teachers

normal school

American  

noun

  1. (formerly) a school offering a two-year course and certification to high school graduates preparing to be teachers, especially elementary-school teachers.


Normal School British  

noun

  1. (in France, and formerly England, the US, and Canada) a school or institution for training teachers

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of normal school

First recorded in 1825–35

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Unified prohibits “the use of cellular phones, pagers, or any electronic signaling device by students on campus during normal school hours or school activities, excluding the students’ lunchtime or nutrition breaks.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2024

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

She said she was grateful to her parents for treating all three children equally and "putting us through education in a normal school because they believe in equality".

From BBC Oct. 8, 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

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

An avid reader like her father, Toliver earned a degree in sociology from what is now Tennessee State University, established in 1912 as the Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State Normal School for Negroes.

From Washington Times Apr. 12, 2020

Also, Nollie had things to talk about: the year before she had started Normal School.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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