The most important influence that Horace Mann had on public education was that education was for everyone, not just those who could afford it. Another influence was to elevate the position of teacher to a profession with a livable wage.
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How did the central powers and allies try to influence American public opinion
Horace Mann of Massachusetts took lead in education reform. To Mann, public financing of education was essential for democracy to work. He said: "If we do not prepare children to be good citizens; if we do not enrich their minds with knowledge... then our republic must go down to destruction as others have gone before it." After becoming head of the state board of education in 1837, Mann convinced Massachusetts to improve its public school system. It created colleges to trainteachers, raised the salaries of the teachers, and lengthened the school year.
Mandatory public education
The release of the Pentagon Papers turned an already war-weary American public even more sharply against US involvement in Vietnam. As of June 2011, the Pentagon Papers are declassified and available to the American public in their entirety.
Thomas Jefferson and Horace Mann
Horace Mann was known as the father of the American public education system. He was a Massachusetts politician and educator who worked as an education reformist.
Horace Mann was known as the father of the American public education system. He was a Massachusetts politician and educator who worked as an education reformist.
more people were able to attend school, for free.
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Education was very poor and the only ways to learn were by reading books and going to a private or religious schools.
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public education :) welcome
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Education should be free
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