The public education movement emphasized that civil responsibility and morality needed to be taught in order to have an effective democracy.
Horace Mann, who started the common school movement in Massachusetts, believed that universal public education was the best way to turn the nation's children into judicious republican citizens.
Erasmus wanted everyone to be able to read the Bible. His arguably greatest accomplishment was his translation of the New Testament. Erasmus wanted the Bible to be publically available in every language. A is the correct answer.
