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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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“These assemblies have ended up creating a disruption to normal school activities and has also left many students feeling unsafe and unwelcome.”

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 8, 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

Probably Miss Myrt herself had never darkened the door of the normal school, or even been to 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

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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