1905

The New Hampshire State Normal School was founded in Plymouth in 1871. By 1905, Concord, Manchester, Nashua and Portsmouth had their own teacher training schools, but all of these together were providing about 80 graduates per year, while the school districts of the state needed about 350 teachers per year. Most of the teachers hired were inexperienced. The New Hampshire State Teachers’ Association adopted a “Declaration of Principles” in 1905, and a resolution in 1906, each calling for more normal schools to meet the demand for teachers trained to a set of standards, or norms.