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Born in Franklin Massachusetts,US -
Principal advocate of the nineteenth century common school movement
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Catalyst for tuition free public education and established the concept of state sponsored free schools
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Mann developed the special teacher training colleges that he called normal schools. Instruction expertise rose yearly because the normal schools graduated capable teachers and eliminated the unfit.
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Goals of the common school movement: to provide a free education for white children, to train and educate teachers, and to establish state control over public schools
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Was elected to act as Secretary of the newly created Massachusetts Board of Education in 1837
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Yellow Springs, OH