Concept information
Preferred term
normal schools
Definition
- Normal schools were American educational institutions that were, initially, focused on training teachers to work in the nation's common schools. The first U.S. normal school was founded in 1839 in Lexington, Massachusetts. [Source: Encyclopedia of Educational Reform and Dissent; Normal Schools]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/normal_schools
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