Education Reform

Reforming Education Supporters of the public school movement believed a free education would: 1) allow citizens to make educated decisions within the democracy. 2) promote economic growth by supplying knowledgeable workers. 3) help keep the wealthy from exploiting the uneducated poor.

Reforming Education Horace Mann Secretary of Board of Education, MA Campaigned for more and better schoolhouses, better teachers, higher teacher pay, expanded curriculum Influence spread to other states (Constitution leaves education up to states)

Education Overview Public education was still a slow idea to grow in the new republic Many children were schooled either at home or were sent away to boarding school. By the 1830s many began to advocate for a change in the American education system. They demanded a free public education system for all but mostly just for white boys. Horace Mann argued that all children should be required to attend free schools built by taxpayers and led by trained teachers that had been given a planned curriculum