The Common School Movement

By lgow
  • Horace Mann, the "father of the common school", is born

    Horace Mann, the "father of the common school", is born

  • First public high school in U.S., Boston English, opens

    First public high school in U.S., Boston English, opens

  • Immigration and agriculture influence public school

    Immigration and agriculture influence public school

    Farmers moved out west for new beginnings, and in turn built plenty of public schools. Immigrants were sent to schools to conform to one identity in America.
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    The Common School Movement Timeline

  • Samuel Read Hall established the first normal school in Vermont

  • Massachusetts passes law

    Making all grades public school open to all students free of charge

  • Horace Mann becomes head of the newly formed Massachusetts State Board of Education

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4Qc3gZQZpI
  • Massachusetts establishes the second state education agency

    Massachusetts establishes the second state education agency

  • Massachusetts passes first its compulsory education law

    The goal is that the children of poor immigrants get "civilized".
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6McdpMnxq0