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Reading Questions

“Report No. 12 to the Massachusetts School Board”

By Horace Mann

How does Mann describe students? List some of the metaphors he uses.

What purpose, according to Mann, do schools serve in American society?

Specifically, what can education do for Americans?

Why should schools teach physical education?

How will schools serve the American economy?

What dangers exist in the economy of Europe?

How can education prevent class struggle in America?

What changes does Mann see in Massachusetts society and how does he propose to use schools to alleviate the problems associated with these changes?

Why is education, according to Mann, necessary for a republic?

What is the teacher’s role in presenting information about civics?

What is the schools’ role in teaching moral education?

How does Mann handle the charge that schools have excluded religion?

How does he reconcile the presence of the Bible in common schools?