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Horace Mann, “The Necessity of Education in a Republican Government” (Fall 1839) [1] Gentlemen of the Convention:– [2] The common arguments in favor of Education have been so often repeated, that, in rising to address you on this subject, I feel like appealing to your own judgment and good sense to bear testimony to its worth, rather than attempting to make your convictions firmer, or ...
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.”. Born in poverty, Horace lived in ...
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 Americans.
Horace Mann. 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. He later studied law and was elected to the ...
Horace Mann. (1796–1859). 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 was born on May 4, 1796, on a farm in Franklin, Massachusetts.
Contrasting Mann and Duncan: In many ways, the modern day U.S. Secretary of Education follows in the footsteps of Horace Mann—but the rhetoric has changed a great deal. Have students contrast Mann’s speech against Barack Obama’s Secretary of Education Arne Duncan’s announcement of “Race to the Top,” a major reform
Finally, Mann transformed the school systems with his values of education as a societal equalizer and democratic tool. Horace Mann started with education reform in 1837, but his efforts still resonate loudly in education to this day. Works Cited "Education." Gale Library of Daily Life. Ed. Steven E. Woodworth. Vol. 1. Detroit: n ...
