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Mann was elected to the Massachusetts legislature in 1827, and in that role was active in the interests of education, public charities, and laws for the suppression of alcoholic drinks and lotteries. He established an asylum in Worcester, and in 1833 was chairman of its board of trustees.
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Apr 30, 2024 · Horace Mann, American educator, the first great American advocate of public education who believed that, in a democratic society, education should be free and universal, nonsectarian, democratic in method, and reliant on well-trained professional teachers. Learn more about Mann’s life and career.
Jun 27, 2018 · Horace Mann is often described as the founder of the U.S. public school system. Through most of the 1840s he served as the secretary of education for Massachusetts and created the blueprint for a well-run, effective public school system in his state.
Dec 10, 2017 · Horace Mann (1796-1859), “The Father of the Common School Movement,” was the foremost proponent of education reform in antebellum America. An ardent member of the Whig Party, Mann argued that the common school, a free, universal, non-sectarian, and public institution, was the best means of achieving the moral and socioeconomic uplift of all ...
Horace Mann, (born May 4, 1796, Franklin, Mass., U.S.—died Aug. 2, 1859, Yellow Springs, Ohio), U.S. educator, the first great American advocate of public education. Raised in poverty, Mann educated himself at the Franklin, Mass., town library and gained admission to Brown University.
Feb 7, 2023 · Liked and disliked in equal measure, Horace Mann (1796–1859) disrupted the nineteenth-century educational, political, and social status quo. As the advocate for universal public education and quality teacher training, Mann brought to the public’s...
In 1853 Horace Mann became the President of Antioch College in Ohio, implementing the ideal of coeducational nonsectarian higher education. Raising funds weakened his health, but Antioch students heard the words shortly before his death: “Be ashamed to die before you have won some battle for humanity.”
The “father of the American public school,” Horace Mann worked to win reforms and public support for the schools in the United States. He pioneered the concept that education should be universal, nonsectarian, and free.
Horace Mann, often called the Father of the Common School, began his career as a lawyer and legislator. When he was elected to act as Secretary of the newly-created Massachusetts Board of ...
