Show first normal school vermont housed the first normal school in america the founder of the school was a minister rev dr samuel reed hall he wrote a number of tracts on educational subjects one ot of which on teacher training was such a forward book that new york state purchased copies of it on the site of the old school is a granite boulder bowlder bearing this inscription on a bronze marker the state of vermont verma erects this tablet on the site of tha first normal school in america america Americ 4 opened march 1 1823 by its founder rev samuel reed hall originator of americas system at teacher training author of the first textbook of teaching in america pioneer in the use of the blackboard as a school room appliance ance |