1. Common School Movement
History of Education
Common School Movement
Group Three
Laura Wintrow Joey Finley
Dylan Price BJ Brown

2. The Common School Movement. . .
took place originally in the 1830’s in the northern and Midwestern states.
Reformers like Horace Mann had wanted to make schooling more democratic, universal and non-sectarian
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3. Horace Mann “Father of the public school”
Helped create the Massachusetts State Board of Education
founded and edited The Common School Journal
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4. Opposition against the Common School
Businesses- losing child labor
Taxpayers
Competition with private and religious schools
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5. Purposes of the common school movement
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6. How did the Common School Movement effect education today?
2. Opened the schoolroom to women.
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1. First move towards the freedom public schools have today
3. It led to the formalization of teacher training.

7. References
Sadker, D. M., & Zittleman, K. (2008). Teachers, schools, and society: A brief introduction to education (2nd ed.). Boston: McGraw-Hill.
Common School Era. Only a Teacher: Teaching Timeline. Retrieved January 28, 2011 from
Education books. Victory of the Common School Movement: A Turning point in American educational history. Retrieved February 01, 2011 from