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'normal' Schools (state 'teacher's Colleges')

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...to the middle of the 19th century, few state or local regulations existed concerning the education-level requirement to becoming a teacher. Often, when a student finished a grade level, he or she turned around and taught it the next year. Few teacher training institutions existed, and those that did were often associated with secondary schools and were at the level of secondary schools. However, from about 1820 on, during the period of such influential theorists as John Dewey and Edward L. Thorndike, education in the United States was greatly influenced by the latest educational theories and systems of European countries. This influence found its way to the education of teachers as well. Teacher education was steadily lengthened and improved. In addition, about 1830, as the states began to take control of education and the schools they realized they also must be responsible for the education of teachers as well. Teacher education had expanded so much that four-year, degree-granting programs, specializing in teaching, were established. As a result, the "Normal School" movement began in the United States. Normal schools were the nation's earliest professional schools for the...

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