Horace Mann

(noun)

An American education reformer (May 4, 1796–August 2, 1859) who is credited with creating the common-school system.

Related Terms

  • common school movement
  • school board

Examples of Horace Mann in the following topics:

  • Educational Reforms

    • Horace Mann championed education reform that helped to expand state-sponsored public education in the 1800s.
    • Education reform, championed by Horace Mann, helped to bring about state-sponsored public education, including a statewide curriculum and a local property tax to finance public education.
    • The reform movement began in Massachusetts when Horace Mann (May 4, 1796–August 2, 1859) started the common-school movement.
    • The term was coined by Horace Mann and refers to the school's aim to serve individuals of all social classes and religions.
    • Describe the central reforms that Horace Mann brought to public education
  • Early Public Schools

    • The earliest public schools were developed in the nineteenth century and were known as "common schools," a term coined by American educational reformer Horace Mann that refers to the aim of these schools to serve individuals of all social classes and religions.
    • Horace Mann was an influential reformer of education, responsible for the introduction of common schools—non-sectarian public schools open to children of all backgrounds—in America.
  • The Spread of Public Education

    • The term was coined by Horace Mann, and refers to the school's aim to serve individuals of all social classes and religions.
    • Horace Mann (May 4, 1796 – August 2, 1859) was an American education reformer.
    • Mann's work revolutionized the approach of the common school system of Massachusetts, which in turn influenced the direction of other states.
    • In this journal, Mann targeted the problems of public schools.
    • Mann hoped that by bringing children of all classes together, they could share a common learning experience.
  • Education Policy

    • Government supported, free public schools was introduced after the revolution, and expanded in the 19th century as a result of the efforts of men like Horace Mann and Booker T.
  • Mann-Whitney U-Test

    • The Mann–Whitney $U$-test is a non-parametric test of the null hypothesis that two populations are the same against an alternative hypothesis.
    • In reporting the results of a Mann–Whitney test, it is important to state:
    • a measure of the central tendencies of the two groups (means or medians; since the Mann–Whitney is an ordinal test, medians are usually recommended)
    • As it compares the sums of ranks, the Mann–Whitney test is less likely than the $t$-test to spuriously indicate significance because of the presence of outliers (i.e., Mann–Whitney is more robust).
    • Overall, the robustness makes Mann-Whitney more widely applicable than the $t$-test.
  • Reform and the Election of 1872

    • Then in 1872, the party completely split from the Republican party and nominated New York Tribune editor Horace Greeley as candidate for the Presidency.
    • Horace Greeley was soundly defeated as the candidate of the Liberal Republican Party during the election of 1872.
  • Rank Randomization: Two Conditions (Mann-Whitney U, Wilcoxon Rank Sum)

    • The two most common are the Mann-Whitney U test and the Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test.
  • FROM THE PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION

    • In the chapter on Prosody, I have designedly omitted all special treatment of the lyric metres of Horace and Catullus, as well as of the measures of the comic poets.
  • Kruskal-Wallis H-Test

    • It is an extension of the Mann–Whitney $U$ test to 3 or more groups.
    • The Mann-Whitney would help analyze the specific sample pairs for significant differences.
  • The Impending Crisis

    • The book was widely praised and distributed by Horace Greeley and other Northern antislavery leaders, and incurred the anger of white Southern leaders.
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