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Julie Pirro
EDUCATION.
REFORM.
HISTORY.
Horace Mann:
"Father of the Common School Movement"
Wise Words and Works
“We who are engaged in the sacred cause of education are entitled to look upon all parents as having given hostages to our cause.”
- Horace
Mann
Publications By Horace Mann:
Annual Reports on Education
Lectures on Education
Slavery: Letters and Speeches
On the Art of Teaching
Quick Facts
Horace Mann was an education reformer that standardized schooling and brought a higher level of learning to the students.
> Horace Mann: 1796 –1859
> Born in Frankiln, Massachusetts
> Grew up in poverty
> Served as secretary on Massachusetts’s first Board of Education, where he was able to exercise his influential power
> Promoted a system of Common Schools that would be paid for by the public
> Highly influential in the setup of a teacher training program, known as normal schools
> Made education more available to the poor, increased the productivity of teachers, and changed the education system
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