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	PBS Online: Only A Teacher: Schoolhouse Pioneers
		Mann's commitment to the Common School sprang from his belief that political stability and social harmony depended on education: a basic level of literacy and the inculcation of common public ideals.
		Mann was influential in the development of teacher training schools and the earliest attempts to professionalize teaching.
		Mann knew that the quality of rural schools had to be raised, and that teaching was the key to that improvement.
	www.pbs.org /onlyateacher/horace.html (346 words)

	Horace Mann
		Horace Mann was born in Franklin, Massachusetts, May 4, 1796.
		Horace Mann improved education by advocating successfully the establishment of free libraries.
		Horace Mann resigned in 1848 to take a seat vacated in the United States Congress.
	www.cals.ncsu.edu /agexed/aee501/mann.html (605 words)

	Horace Mann
		Horace Mann (May 4, 1796-August 2, 1859), was an educator and a statesman who greatly advanced the cause of universal, free, non-sectarian public schools.
		Mann was raised in the congregational church in Franklin, Massachusetts under the leadership of the Rev. Dr.
		Mann remained as Secretary of the Board of Education until 1848, when he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives (at first filling out the term of the recently deceased John Quincy Adams) and moved to West Newton, Massachusetts, where he helped to establish the First Unitarian Church.
	www.uua.org /uuhs/duub/articles/horacemann.html (1195 words)

	Horace Mann - MSN Encarta
		Horace Mann (1796-1859), American educator, born in Franklin, Massachusetts, and educated at Brown University and the Litchfield (Connecticut) Law School.
		During this period Mann was instrumental in the enactment of laws prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages and lottery tickets, establishing state hospitals for the insane, and creating a state board of education, the first in the United States.
		Mann resigned as secretary of the Massachusetts board of education in 1848, when he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives to fill a vacancy caused by the death of John Quincy Adams.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761573402/Horace_Mann.html (355 words)

	Horace Mann Biography \| Dictionary of Literary Biography
		Horace Mann (4 May 1796-2 August 1859), prolific writer and persuasive spokesman for educational reform, is known today as the father of the American public school system.
		Mann prepared abstracts of local school returns and published some of his lectures at the request of the Board, but his most influential writings were his twelve Annual Reports, which were frequently reprinted as well as reported and discussed in newspapers.
		Horace Mann was the leading educator of his generation and the authority most frequently quoted in educational periodicals in the 1840s and 1850s.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/horace-mann-dlb (642 words)

	Horace Mann Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		The American educational reformer and humanitarian Horace Mann (1796-1859) was enormously influential in promoting and refining public education in Massachusetts and throughout the nation in the 19th century.
		Mann practiced in Dedham and Boston, acquired an admiration for Whig politics, and was elected to the Massachusetts Legislature in 1827.
		Essentially an activist, Mann came to believe that public education, which he called "the great equalizer of the conditions of men," was more likely to yield the general social improvements he desired than piecemeal efforts in behalf of prison reform, humane treatment of the insane, and temperance.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/horace-mann (775 words)

	Horace Mann School for the Deaf home page
		The Horace Mann School has a rich history providing quality education for Deaf and Hard of Hearing students.
		The Horace Mann has been educating children and young adults for over 135 years.
		Horace Mann is very fortunate to have AIIM New England Chapter as our Business Advisors and Partners.
	boston.k12.ma.us /mann (284 words)

	PEU - Horace Mann (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Horace Mann Laboratory School is a Pre-K through 6th grade school located on the Northwest campus.
		The Horace Mann student receives small group and individualized instruction that would not be available in a typical school setting.
		Northwest Missouri State University can boast that it has the only laboratory school in the four state region that allows University students to have "hands on" experiences with diverse learners (academically and culturally) from the very beginning of their University careers.
	www.nwmissouri.edu /Dept/PEU/undergrad_files/Horace_Mann.htm (0 words)

	Horace Mann Insurance \| About Horace Mann (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Horace Mann is the largest multiline insurance company focusing on the nation's educators and their families.
		Horace Mann's caring extends to the education community as a whole, not simply their insurance and investment needs.
		Horace Mann provides financial well-being for educators and their families through personalized service, advice and a full range of tailored insurance and financial products.
	www.horacemann.com /about-horace-mann/corporate-profile.html (362 words)

	Educational Theory of Horace Mann
		Horace Mann was a believer in the teaching of "practical" knowledge.
		Mann maintained a view of Mann that they were a splendid creation of God meant to be equal in all matters.
		Mann insisted that "rote learning of names and riles was neither effective nor desirable, but that children had to be led to discover principles and relationships." (GAE, pg 7).
	www.newfoundations.com /GALLERY/Mann.html (1180 words)

	Horace MANN — Infoplease.com
		Horace Mann, of Massachusetts, on the institution of slavery.
		Horace Mann, on the right of Congress to legislate for the territories of the United States, and its duty to exclude slavery therefrom: Delivered in the House of Representatives, in Committee of the Whole, June 30, 1848.
		Horace Mann, on the right of Congress to legislate for the territories of the United States, and its duty to exclude slavery therefrom.
	www.infoplease.com /biography/us/congress/mann-horace.html (651 words)

	About Horace Mann
		Mann, considered the "Father of American Education," was born in the late 1700's and had to prepare himself for college because the only schooling he could get was for short periods a few times a year.
		Mann felt that a non-religious common school would be the "great equalizer" and help improve poverty, crime, and immorality.
		Mann was a lawyer, a legislator, a senator, a professor, and the president of a college.
	www.d11.org /mann/horace.htm (165 words)

	Interactive State House
		Born in 1796 in Franklin, Massachusetts, Mann was raised in poverty.
		Mann argued the schools were the logical place to inculcate democratic idealism, and gained the support of business to fund education.
		Mann wrote twelve annual reports which became blueprints for the organization of education around the country.
	www.mass.gov /statehouse/statues/mann_landing.htm (337 words)

	Who was Horace Mann (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mann worked to establish nonreligious public schools to provide common education to all citizens, which he argued is essential to democracy.
		Mann is known as the father of American public education.
		A statue of Horace Mann stands at the entrance to the Massachusetts State House in Boston.
	schools.lwsd.org /Mann/Who_was_Horace_Mann.htm (577 words)

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		Mann had found "social harmony" to be his primary goal of the school.
		Horace Mann felt that a common school would be the "great equalizer." Poverty would most assuredly disappear as a broadened popular intelligence tapped new treasures of natural and material wealth.
		Mann had won his victory as the public school soon stood as one of the characteristic features of American life - A "wellspring" of freedom and a "ladder of opportunity" for millions.
	www.nd.edu /~rbarger/www7/mann.html (563 words)

	Horace Mann
		Horace Mann is considered to be the father of the American public school system.
		Horace Mann was the pioneer of Progressive education reform.
		Mann’s ideals were the precursor to Progressive reform, which would later build upon his efforts, and in many ways, take Mann’s ideas even further.
	history.sandiego.edu /gen/st/~myuen/horacemann.html (412 words)

	Horace Mann
		Horace Mann, ardent abolitionist, social reformer, and visionary educator, was the founding President of Antioch College (1853-59).
		During this period, Mann was instrumental in the enactment of laws prohibiting the sale of alcohol, establishing state mental institutions, and in 1835, he cast his vote in favor of creating the nation's first state education board.
		Mann's social commitment also led Antioch to be one of the first colleges in the country to recruit and educate fl students as equals to white students.
	www.phd.antioch.edu /Pages/horacemann (866 words)

	Horace Mann School (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Horace Mann School is one of 42 schools in the San Jose Unified School district.
		Horace Mann is a Whole Child School dedicated to the development of the whole child as a life-long learner.
		Horace Mann is fortunate to have 10 members of "City Year," a private non-profit organization, working in our school 4 days a week.
	www.sjusd.k12.ca.us /sites/elem/HoraceMann (442 words)

	Giants of American Education: Horace Mann Technos: Quarterly for Education and Technology - Find Articles
		Fourteen-year-old Horace Mann soon felt fear and outrage as well as grief, as the local minister decided that it was his duty, not to provide solace to the bereaved, but to exploit the event as an example to other young people in the parish.
		Today, there is hardly a school district in the United States that doesn't have a building named for Horace Mann, the "father of the common school." Mann's claims to such paternity rest as much on the way he framed issues that plague public schools today as on his actions as Massachusetts's first Secretary of Education.
		Mann, by then president of the state senate and a friend of the governor, was persuaded to support a bill that earmarked part of this money to establish a state board of education, defined largely as an agency to gather data about Commonwealth schools and to disseminate information about new and useful innovations in teaching.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0HKV/is_2_9/ai_65014459 (902 words)

	BCSD : Horace Mann Elementary : Who was Horace Mann?
		Horace Mann (1796 - 1859) was a pioneer in the reform of the American public educational system.
		In his new position, Horace Mann instituted a minimum school year of six months, a doubling of educational appropriations, 50 additional schools, increased public support, higher teacher salaries, new curricula, new teaching methods based upon European models, professional training of teachers, and professional standards overseen by one central authority.
		Horace mann had a vision to establish the most comprehensive and complete educational system possible for the children and teachers.
	horacemann.bcsd.com /horace/who (292 words)

	Northwest Missouri State University Horace Mann Laboratory School
		Horace Mann is lucky to have the support of Northwest Missouri State University in all aspects of its mission.
		The faculty, students (Horace Mann and University), staff, and parents are dedicated to the belief that "Together We Can" at Horace Mann.
		The Horace Mann Laboratory School lunch menu is now available monthly online.Click here to access and print out the lunch menu available for this month.
	catpages.nwmissouri.edu /m/hmlab/index.html (187 words)

	Horace Mann
		MANN, Horace, educator, born in Franklin, Massachusetts, 4 May, 1796 ; died in Yellow Springs, Ohio, 2 August, 1859.
		His father was a farmer in limited circumstances, and the son was forced to procure by his own exertions the means of obtaining an education He earned his school-books when a child by braiding straw, and his severe and frugal life taught him habits of self-reliance and independence.
		Mann was defeated by a single vote at the ensuing nominating convention by Mr.
	www.famousamericans.net /horacemann (1074 words)

	News \| On American Soil wins 2007 Horace Mann Award
		Mann’s indictments of slavery, efforts to establish hospitals for the mentally ill and visions for public education are legend.
		Mann insisted education was a right for every child and it was a state’s responsibility to provide that education.
		At the core of Mann’s plan was his belief in nonsectarian education that embraced all religions and welcomed all men and women.
	www.jackhamann.com /news/horace_mann_award.html (798 words)

	Horace Mann
		Horace Mann's parents were farmers in Franklin, Massachusetts.
		In November 1848 Horace Mann was elected to the House of Representatives in Congress.
		When the Peabody sisters learned about Horace's sorrow and troubled spirit, Elizabeth determined to teach Horace that God was a loving father, Dr. William Ellery Channing, with his famous voice and personal charm had "opened the gates of heaven" for Elizabeth, and he was able to comfort and help Horace.
	www.uuquincy.org /projects/stamps/5horacemann.htm (676 words)

	Horace Mann (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Horace Mann Middle School, located in northwest Denver, was built in 1931 and serves approximately 650 students during the day and more than 400 families during the extended-day.
		The entire staff has a positive outlook and consider Horace Mann a positive place to be.
		Horace Mann was given a commendation for school improvement planning and student achievement.
	horacemann.dpsk12.org /about (260 words)

	The Infidels - Horace Mann
		Horace Mann, American education reformer and abolitionist, was born in Franklin, Massachusetts.
		The college received insufficient financial support and suffered from the attacks of religious sectaries--he himself was charged with insincerity because, previously a Unitarian, he joined the Christian Connexion, by which the college was founded--but he earned the love of his students, and by his many addresses exerted a beneficial influence upon education in the Midwest.
		A collected edition of Mann’s writings, together with a memoir by his second wife, Mary Peabody Mann, was published as The Life and Works of Horace Mann.
	www.theinfidels.org /zunb-horacemann.htm (734 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Mann,
		Mann Theatres Selects REAL D as Exclusive Delivery System for Digital 3D Entertainment; Mann Theatres' Grauman's Chinese Complex to Host REAL D Flagship Theater.
		Rethinking Nietzsche in Mann's Doktor Faustus: crisis, parody, primitivism, and the possibilities of Dionysian art in a post-Nietzschean era.
		Horace Mann Reports Results for Fourth Quarter and Year.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Mann, (829 words)

	Enter Horace Mann - The Boston Globe
		In 1997, the Legislature created Horace Mann charter schools, which get comprehensive support --including buildings and materials -- from the school district, and which compensate teachers according to union contracts.
		Yet only eight Horace Mann schools now exist statewide, and not a single application has been filed in the last two years.
		Education reformer Horace Mann made that clear in Massachusetts more than 150 years ago.
	www.boston.com /news/education/k_12/articles/2006/04/24/enter_horace_mann (477 words)

	In Defense of Horace Mann (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Horace Mann, attacked by Calvinists for removing Calvinist distinctive from public schools, still boasted that his schools were Christian and taught the Bible.
		Horace Mann would not have approved of the modern myth of "separation of church and state" with its schools purged of "religion, morality and knowledge."
		It was not until the 20th century that religion was stripped from schools, and this was a sociological phenomenon, not a legally-mandated one.
	members.aol.com /EndTheWall/Mann.htm (1272 words)

	Brown Graduate School: Academics
		Mann served as a state representative and, later, as a senator in the Massachusetts legislature.
		Mann's statue and that of Daniel Webster still flank the entrance to the Massachusetts State House.
		The Horace Mann Medal was established in 2003 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Brown University Graduate School.
	gradschool.brown.edu /go/horacemannmedal (1603 words)

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