Horace Mann

(noun)

An American education reformer (May 4, 1796–August 2, 1859) who is credited with creating the common-school system.

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Examples of Horace Mann in the following topics:

  • Educational Reforms

    • Horace Mann championed education reform that helped to expand state-sponsored public education in the 1800s.
    • Education reform, championed by Horace Mann, helped to bring about state-sponsored public education, including a statewide curriculum and a local property tax to finance public education.
    • The reform movement began in Massachusetts when Horace Mann (May 4, 1796–August 2, 1859) started the common-school movement.
    • The term was coined by Horace Mann and refers to the school's aim to serve individuals of all social classes and religions.
    • Describe the central reforms that Horace Mann brought to public education

  • Early Public Schools

    • The earliest public schools were developed in the nineteenth century and were known as "common schools," a term coined by American educational reformer Horace Mann that refers to the aim of these schools to serve individuals of all social classes and religions.
    • Horace Mann was an influential reformer of education, responsible for the introduction of common schools—non-sectarian public schools open to children of all backgrounds—in America.

  • The Spread of Public Education

    • The term was coined by Horace Mann, and refers to the school's aim to serve individuals of all social classes and religions.
    • Horace Mann (May 4, 1796 – August 2, 1859) was an American education reformer.
    • Mann's work revolutionized the approach of the common school system of Massachusetts, which in turn influenced the direction of other states.
    • In this journal, Mann targeted the problems of public schools.
    • Mann hoped that by bringing children of all classes together, they could share a common learning experience.

  • Reform and the Election of 1872

    • Then in 1872, the party completely split from the Republican Party and nominated New York Tribune editor Horace Greeley as candidate for the presidency.
    • Horace Greeley was soundly defeated as the candidate of the Liberal Republican Party during the election of 1872.

  • The Impending Crisis

    • The book was widely praised and distributed by Horace Greeley and other Northern antislavery leaders, and incurred the anger of white Southern leaders.

  • Desegregation in Little Rock

    • Woodrow Nilson Mann, the Mayor of Little Rock, asked President Eisenhower to send federal troops to enforce integration and protect the nine students.

  • The Contraband Camps

    • From a camp on Roanoke Island that started in 1862, Horace James developed the Freedmen's Colony of Roanoke Island (1863–1867).

  • The Grant Years

    • Charles Sumner, embittered by the corruption of the Grant administration, joined the new party, which nominated editor Horace Greeley.

  • The Ostend Manifesto and Cuba

    • American Free-Soilers, recently angered by the Fugitive Slave Law (passed as part of the Compromise of 1850), decried the Manifesto, dubbed by Horace Greeley of the New York Tribune as “The Manifesto of the Brigands”, unconstitutional.

  • Rock and Roll

    • Over the next two years, British acts dominated both UK and US charts with Peter and Gordon, The Animals, Manfred Mann, Petula Clark, Freddie and the Dreamers, Herman's Hermits, The Rolling Stones, The Troggs, and Donovan all having one or more number one hit singles.