Universities in our country today, such as Eastern Michigan University, San Jose State University, and the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) began as normal schools. Which of the following best explains why these normal schools were originally established?

a. Competent teachers were seen as the key to improving schools, and normal schools were established to improve teaching competence.
b. Normal schools were established because the age of the common man focused on "normal people," people who made up mainstream America.
c. Normal schools were mandated by the Land Ordinance of 1785, which mandated that public education should be supported with tax dollars.
d. Normal schools were established by the 10th amendment to the Constitution, which mandated that education should be the responsibility of the states rather than the federal government.


a

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