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Normal schools in the United States in the 19th century were developed and built primarily to train elementary-level teachers for the public schools. The term “normal school” is based on the French école normale, a sixteenth-century model school with model classrooms where model teaching practices were taught to teacher candidates.
In 1906, the private school merged with the new state normal school becoming the Fourth District Normal School. The school moved to its current site with the completion of the building now called Carrington Hall in 1909. The school has evolved into a research university and is now Missouri State University. [41]
Minnesota State University Formerly Mankato State Normal School, Mankato State Teachers College, Mankato State College, and Mankato State University; Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri – Founded as Fourth District Normal School.
Normal School for Colored Girls (now known as University of the District of Columbia) was established in Washington, D.C. in 1851 as an institution of learning and training for young African-American women, especially to train teachers. [2] [3] As Miner Normal School, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Normal Community High School [3] (NCHS or Normal Community) is a public high school located in Normal, Illinois that was founded in 1905. NCHS serves parts of Normal , Bloomington , and Towanda and is home to over 2,000 students (grades 9–12) with 150 faculty and staff.
Minns' Evening Normal School was founded as a private school in San Francisco. It became First Normal School, a public institution, by an act of the California State Legislature on May 2, 1862, [9] and ultimately became San Jose State University. Dunbar Elementary School was established in 1857 near its present location. [10]
The California State Normal School was then opened on July 21, 1862. [6] Despite continued success, with increasing enrollment and funding, the California State Normal School quickly began to hold contention with the San Francisco Board of Education, which poached students and withheld sufficient school facilities. [7]
The State Normal School at Valley City Historic District, in Valley City, North Dakota, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.It is a 10.4-acre (4.2 ha) historic district that covers the State Normal School at Valley City campus, now known as Valley City State University, and previously also known as the Valley City State Teachers College and as the Valley City State College.