passage 1 is adapted from horace mann, first annual report covering the year 1837. mann was the secretary of the board of educat
ion of massachusetts (1837-1848). mann worked for the reform and development of the common school, an early name for the public school. passage 2 is adapted from an 1844 publication by thirty-one boston school headmasters in remarks on the seventh annual report of horace mann.
Perhaps it was his own lack of proper education that led him to work so hard to implement the important educational reforms advocated by Horace Mann.
In his twelve yearly reports to Massachusetts, Mann developed and presented his proposals for educational reform. It was created when he served as education secretary. Massachusetts' reforms were considered very radical at the time, but later became a model for the nation's education system.
Throughout his life, Horace Mann worked tirelessly to expand educational opportunities for the children of farmers and poor workers. Mann was officially recognized as the father of public education.
