Editing Normal school (section)

====Northeast====
'''1855 – Millersville Normal School, Millersville, Pennsylvania'''<br />
Millersville Normal School was founded in 1855 as the first normal school in Pennsylvania. Over the years it has changed its name a number of times eventually becoming [[Millersville University of Pennsylvania]].

'''1855 – The Paterson City Normal School, Paterson, New Jersey'''<br />
A land grant institution founded as the [[Paterson City Normal School]] in the industrial city of [[Paterson, New Jersey]], to train teachers for New Jersey schools. In 1951, the school moved to the present campus in [[Wayne, New Jersey]], which was purchased by the State in 1948 from the family of [[Garret Hobart]], twenty-fourth vice president of the United States and renamed [[Paterson State Teachers College]]. In 1971, it was renamed William Paterson College of New Jersey in honor of [[William Paterson (judge)|William Paterson]], a United States Supreme Court Justice appointed by President [[George Washington]], after the legislative mandate to move from a teachers' college to a broad-based liberal arts institution. The New Jersey Commission on Higher Education granted William Paterson university status in June 1997 and it is now known as The [[William Paterson University]] of New Jersey (WPUNJ). The second oldest public university in the state; Rutgers (public) and Princeton (private) being older and pre-colonial.

'''1855 – New Jersey State Normal School, Trenton, New Jersey'''<br />
Founded in 1855, the college was located in Trenton until 1928, when it moved to Ewing Township, where four year baccalaureate degrees began to be offered. The college exists today as [[The College of New Jersey]].

'''1861 – Oswego Primary Teachers School, Oswego, New York'''

Established as Oswego Normal School, the Oswego State Normal School was founded by [[Edward Austin Sheldon]], and recognized as a state school in 1866 by [[New York (state)|New York State]] becoming the Oswego State Normal and Training School. The school was part of the training program Sheldon devised to introduce the [[Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi|Pestalozzi]] method of education to the schools of the city of [[Oswego, New York|Oswego]], the first time the method had ever been used in the United States. Sheldon's school became Oswego State Teachers College in 1942, and was upgraded again to a liberal arts college in 1962, becoming known as [[Oswego State University]].

'''1865 – Baltimore Normal School for Colored Teachers, Baltimore, Maryland'''<br />
Established in 1865 by the [[Baltimore Association for the Moral and Educational Improvement of the Colored People]], School #1 opened on January 9, 1865, in the African Baptist Church in Crane's Building on the corner of Calvert and Saratoga streets. In 1867, with the aid of the Freedmen's Bureau, the Quakers of England and others, the Baltimore Association purchased and renovated the Old Friends Meeting House at the corner of Saratoga and Courtland streets to house the Baltimore Normal School for Colored Teachers. The school moved to Bowie, MD in 1911, changing its name to the Maryland Normal and Industrial School at Bowie in 1914. Today, this school exists as [[Bowie State University]].

'''1866 – Keystone State Normal School, Kutztown, Pennsylvania'''<br />
On September 15, 1866, the Keystone State Normal School was established on what is now the site of Kutztown University's Old Main. The needs of a burgeoning industrialization in the region placed more and more demands on teacher preparation, and in 1928, the institution was designated Kutztown State Teacher's College and authorized to confer the bachelor's degree.

'''1866 – Maryland State Normal School, Baltimore, Maryland'''<br />
While the state created the Maryland State Normal School in the state constitution of 1864, MSNS would not open its doors in [[Baltimore]] until January 15, 1865. The school was moved to Towson, Maryland in 1915. In 1935, it was renamed the State Teachers College at Towson, and by 1963 it was changed to a liberal arts school and was renamed Towson State College. In 1976 it was renamed Towson State University and by 1997 it was [[Towson University]].

'''1871 – Normal School, Buffalo, New York'''

Buffalo State was founded in 1871 as the Buffalo Normal School before becoming the State Normal and Training School (1888–1927), the State Teachers College at Buffalo (1928–1946), the New York State College for Teachers at Buffalo (1946–1950), SUNY, New York State College for Teachers (1950–1951), the State University College for Teachers at Buffalo (1951–1959), the State University College of Education at Buffalo (1960–1961), and finally the [[State University College at Buffalo]] in 1961.

[[File:Detroit_Publishing_Company_-_MSNC_Old_Main_Building.jpg|thumb|Michigan State Normal School]]