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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.
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Is Horace Mann his real name?
Horace Mann was a Massachusetts lawyer and social reformer. That was his real name.
What did Horace Mann reformed?
Horace Mann was committed to reforms in the education sector because he wanted to see speedy modernization
Who promoted statewide school systems?
Horace Mann
What were two issues that Horace Mann campaigned for?
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Was horace mann married?
Horace Mann, the education reformer, was married twice. He was married to Charlotte Messer Mann in 1830, until she died in 1832, ( it was a death he never recovered from ) and then married Mary Peabody Mann until he died in 1859 at age 63.
