BY ELLIOT FREI

Horace MannMay 4, 1796 – August 2, 1859

Early Days

Mann was born in Massachusetts on the 4th of May in the year 1796

At the age of 20 Mann enrolled in Brown University and later became a librarian for that university.

In 1827 Mann was elected into the Massachusetts legislature

History

American Education Reformer

He insisted that free, universal public education

Served in the (Massachusetts) House of Representatives and served in the Massachusetts Senate

Mann was related to Nathaniel Hawthorne-An American Novelist and a short story writer

Westfield

Horace Mann was responsible for founding Westfield State University in 1838.

It was the first public co-educational institution of higher learning in America to offer an education without barrier to gender, race or economic class

Mann Taking Control

1837 the state created the nation’s first board of education, with Mann as its secretary.

And then later in 1838 Mann started a biweekly journal called, “Common School Journal” teaching the teachers his learning's on education, or whoever would listen.

At this time Mann developed some principles regarding public education..

Six Principles of Education

Mann created six principles of education:(1) Citizens cannot maintain both ignorance and freedom(2) This education should be paid for, controlled, and

maintained by the public(3) This education should be provided in schools that

embrace children from varying backgrounds(4) This education must be nonsectarian(5) This education must be taught using tenets of a free

society(6) This education must be provided by well-trained,

professional teachers.

Death

Horace Mann died August 2, 1859

Citations

www.biography.com/people/horace-mann (biography.com)www.nndb.com/people (nndb.com)www.cals.ncsu.edu/agexed/aee501/mann.html (cals.ncsn.edu)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Mann (wikipedia.org)