Horace Mann - Education

      Horace Mann was born on May 4th in 1796 in Franklin, Massachusetts. His parents were Thomas Mannn and Rebecca Stanley Mann. His brother was Stephen man and Louise Mann was his sister. When he was twenty year old, Horace Mann attended Brown University and graduated in only three years. He was even valedictorian for his class. He was elected to the legislature in 1827. Horace was interested greatly in education, charities and laws regarding the elimination of intemperance. He was chosen as he secretary of the board of education of Massachusetts in 1837. He held conventions for teachers, delivered copious lectures, and even physically inspected each school in the state himself. Horace Mann was a man determined to provide his people with school with proper equipment, longer school years and higher paying wages for teachers. in 1843 he went to visit schools in Europe and when he returned he decided to establish the Prussian education system in Massachussetts. This education system was a mandatory schooling system.

The Common School Journal

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A: Horace Mann

P: Massachusetts, 1838

P: Horace Man was elected as the secretary of the board of education of Massachusetts in 1837. He introduced an established the normal school system in Massachusetts. He held conventions for teachers, delivered copious lectures, and even physically inspected each school in the state himself. 

A: Horace's targeted audience was Massachusetts

R: Man wanted to underscore the issues with public schools and their education system. 

T: He developed six main principles that delineated the issues with public education.

     1. citizens can't maintain ignorance and freedom simultaneously

     2. education should be paid for, controlled, and maintained by the public 

     3. education should be provided in schools that have students from differing backrounds
     4. education must be multicultural
     5. education must be taught using faith of a free society
     6. education must be provided by well trained teachers

S: Horace Mann's Common School Journal was of great significance because not only did it highlight the issues with the public education system but it also resulted in his ranking as one of the best American educationalists.