A normal school or teachers college is an educational institution for training teachers. Its purpose is to establish teaching standards or norms, hence its name. The term normal school is now archaic in all but a few countries. In New Zealand, for example, normal schools are affiliated with Teachers colleges. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, normal schools in the United States and Canada trained primary school teachers, while in Europe, normal schools educated primary, secondary and tertiary-level teachers.

In the United States, the function of normal school has been taken up by undergraduate and graduate schools of education. Many famous universities, such as the University of California, Los Angeles were founded as normal schools. In Canada, such institutions are typically part of a university as the Faculty of Education offering a one- or two-year Bachelor of Education program. It requires at least three (usually four) years of prior undergraduate studies.

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The term normal school originated in the early 19th century from the French école normale, because the graduates of these schools, that is, the teachers, were expected to uphold and teach norms, or rules.

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@katelh_ do we have to go to school tomorrow? is it a normal school day? :S
LiciaJayne_ (Alicia) Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:41:45 -0000
@katelh_ do we have to go to school tomorrow? is it a normal school day? :S
Yeeessssss! Internet is back! Normal tweeting shall resume when i get back from school!
jodieaitken (Jodie Aitken) Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:34:52 -0000
Yeeessssss! Internet is back! Normal tweeting shall resume when i get back from school!
feeling really nauseous... okay, this is not normal at all.. why now?! why not during school?!?!
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