Station E: Educational Reform

Led the Education Reform and is often regarded as the "Father of Education."

• William Garrison

• Horace Mann

• Frederick Douglass

• Abraham Lincoln

The common-school movement developed as a result of the demand for--

• education for African Americans

• education for people with disabilities

• more private educational institutions

• improved free public education

The Education Reform movement also focused on educating what group of people for the first time?

• Slaves

• Disabled People

• Immigrants

• Upper class people

How many education principles did Horace Mann have?

• 4
• 5

• 6
• 7

Reformers hope that education for all would result in all but what?

• Giving kids a chance to escape a life of poverty

• Creating better citizens

• Creating better lives for people

• Less immigrants coming into the US

According to Horace Mann education should be all but what of the following....

• Free of cost

• Not tied to religion or politics

• Lead by well trained teachers

• Off in the summer when parents need help on their farms

According to Mann, who should pay to keep public schools free?

• All taxpayers

• The Rich

• The President

• Parents of the students