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Horace Mann's Life And Work

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Horace Man was born May 4, 1796 into poverty in Franklin Massachusetts. Mann only had six weeks’ schooling during any year, but at the age of 20 he was enrolled into Brown University where he graduated in three years and was the valedictorian. After he studied law and was a tutor of Latin and Greek and also a librarian at Brown University. Later in 1812, Mann was elected to the Massachusetts State Senate as President, while on the senate he focused on infrastructure, funding the construction of railroads and canals. In 1837 the newly created board of education he used his position on enact major educational reform. He created the common school movement, ensuring that every child could receive a basic education funded by local taxes. This lead
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