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A 12 page research paper that examines the impact and influence of nineteenth century educator Horace Mann on the public school system and the formulation of this 'common school' philosophy. Mann's influence during the twelve years that he was secretary of the Massachusetts School Board effected lasting change not only in the public school system of Massachusetts, but also in the way that public schooling was perceived throughout the country. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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of Horace Mann. Mann has become well known as "the father of the American common school"; however, prior to being the first secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education, he
was a successful lawyer and a member of the Massachusetts state legislature from 1827 to 1837 (Foner; Garraty PG). His influence during the twelve years that he was secretary of
the school board effected lasting change not only in the public school system of Massachusetts, but also in the way that public schooling was perceived throughout the country. During
this tenure of secretary of the board, Mann traveled extensively, visiting schools and giving lectures (Foner; Garraty PG). He began a twice-weekly publication for teachers, the "Common School Journal,"
wrote stirring and highly informative annual reports to the Massachusetts state legislature, and published his ideas concerning education in newspapers and journals throughout the country. As a direct result
of his considerable oratory skill and lucid writing, Mann, almost single-handedly, turned school reform into one of the most popular campaigns of reform in that era (Foner; Garraty PG). For
example, when Mann spoke to audiences that consisted mostly of manufacturers, he related the importance of public schooling to the development of an "educated and virtuous work force" (Foner; Garraty
PG). When he spoke before audiences that consisted mostly of working class people, he emphasized the necessity of public school education to further the cause of social and economic equality
(Foner; Garraty PG). He managed to convince the public at large that "the common school, improved and energized...may become the most effective and benignant of all the forces of
civilization" (Foner; Garraty PG). By the time Mann left the position of secretary of the school board, the Massachusetts legislature had more then doubled its allocation of school funding
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