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Horace Mann“The Father of Education”

Charles M

oore

Angelica Kelly

November

18, 2012

Who Knows Horace Mann

Who’s been Reading Quiz?

“MESSAGE”

When Horace Mann says “the great balance wheel of society” he’s referring to what????

Question #1

Equality of Opportunity

What year did Horace Mann become secretary of Massachusetts Board of Education

Question #2

Question #3

Why do Catholic Schools exists today??????????

Because they didn’t agree with Horace Mann’s idea of teaching moral values…

The Massachusetts education system, with a history going back to 1647, was suffering, and the quality of education was deteriorating. Soon a vigorous reform movement arose, and in 1837 the state of Massachusetts created the nation’s first board of education, with Mann as its secretary. When funds for the board’s activities were to low, the position required more moral leadership than anything else. Horace Mann proved himself up to the role. He started a biweekly journal, Common School Journal, in 1838 for teachers and lectured on education to all who would listen. Mann's commitment to the Common School sprang from his belief that political stability and social harmony depended on education: a basic level of literacy and the inculcation of common public ideals. He declared, "Without undervaluing any other human agency, it may be safely affirmed that the Common School...may become the most effective and benignant of all forces of civilization." Mann believed that public schooling was central to good citizenship, democratic participation and societal well-being. He observed, "A republican form of government, without intelligence in the people, must be, on a vast scale, what a mad-house, without superintendent or keepers, would be on a small one." The democratic and republican principals that propelled Mann's vision of the Common School have colored our assumptions about public schooling ever since.

“The Father of Education”

Horace Mann was born into poverty in Franklin, Massachusetts, in 1796. Chiefly self-taught, Mann was 20 years old when he was admitted to the sophomore class at Brown University. There he took an interest in politics, education and social reform.

After he left Brown, Mann practiced law at Litchfield Law School before winning a seat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. There he served from 1827 to 1833. From 1835 to 1837, he served in the Massachusetts Senate, spending time as the majority leader and aiming his sights at infrastructure improvements via the construction of railroads and canals, among other projects.

The Mann before education

“I beseech you to treasure up in your hearts these my parting words: Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.”

A quote from a wonderful Mann

Who’s been listening Quiz????