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Education Reform

Education Reform. HORACE MANN BELIEVED THE ONLY WAY THE LOWER CLASSES COULD BETTER THEIR LIVES IN OUR SOCIETY WAS THROUGH FREE PUBLIC EDUCATION!. HORACE MANN. HORACE MANN – Known as the “ Father of the Common School” because he…. The earliest attempts to professionalize teaching

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Education Reform

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  1. Education Reform

  2. HORACE MANN BELIEVED THE ONLY WAY THE LOWER CLASSES COULD BETTER THEIR LIVES IN OUR SOCIETY WAS THROUGH FREE PUBLIC EDUCATION! HORACE MANN

  3. HORACE MANN – Known as the “Father of the Common School” because he… The earliest attempts to professionalize teaching first public schools in Massachusetts (Normal schools) The improvement of the quality of education offered in rural schools. FREE PUBLIC EDUCATION!!!

  4. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON • FOUNDED THE TUSKEEGEE INSTITUTE • HE BELIEVED THAT ANY African- American PERSON COULD SUCCEED IN AMERICA WITH ENOUGH HARD WORK AND EDUCATION.

  5. Prison Reform

  6. Dorothea Dix American reformer Dorothea Dix pushed for reform of prison inmates, the mentally ill, and the destitute.

  7. Within the confines of this jail she observed…. When asked why the jail conditions were so bad, the answer she was given was that Horrified by the conditions provided for the mentally ill in Massachusetts prostitutes, drunks, criminals, mentally challenged individuals, and the seriously mentally ill all housed together in unheated, unfurnished, and foul-smelling quarters. “the insane do not feel heat or cold.” Dix successfully petitioned the state government for improvements in 1843. She was directly responsible for building or enlarging 32 mental hospitals in North America, Europe, and Japan. Dix went to teach prisoners to read at a local jail…

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