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1. What were the primary features of the common school? Answer:
Associated with New England states; involvement with younger children; free; "universal";
supported by local property taxes; and more centralized
2. What were the three primary influences on the formation of
common schools? Answer: 1. threat of class warfare 2. dislocation that accompanied population
shift from rural to urban areas 3. need to assimilate culturally diverse immigrants
3. What resistance did Horace Mann have to overcome with the
wealthy? Answer: The wealthy were more likely to send their children to private schools
rather than common schools
4. What was Horace Mann's argument/appeal to the wealthy? Answer:
Educated workers were safe and malleable, less likely to be drinkers or to damage machinery,
more likely to attend church and provide stable lives for themselves and their families; maintain the
status quo
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5. What resistance did Horace Mann have to overcome with the
working class?-
Answer: The working class was more inclined to keep children at home to work
6. What was Horace Mann's argument/appeal to the working class?
Answer: Education would alone prevent class divisions from hardening
7. What were Mann's views on property and taxation? Answer: bothered
by the reluctance of the wealthy to pay taxes that support public schools, claiming that supporting
public schools would benefit all; believed that amount of support should be determined by the needs of
the school children, not the willingness of citizens to pay; believed property was more than private
property, but the "benefit and subsistence of the whole race... collectively"; property was "leased"
rather than "owned"
8. What was the opposition to Mann and the common school idea?
Answer: members of religious sects that believed deeply in their particular views wanted
schools to reinforce their beliefs and practices
9. What reasons were given to utilize women as teachers? Answer:
less costly; more women available; more nurturing
10. Describe Michael Katz's argument on "Social class and the
common school"-
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EDFO 420 Exam II Comprehensive
Questions with Verified Answers
GradeA+ 100% Guaranteed
1. What were the primary features of the common school? Answer:
Associated with New England states; involvement with younger children; free; "universal";
supported by local property taxes; and more centralized
2. What were the three primary influences on the formation of
common schools? Answer: 1. threat of class warfare 2. dislocation that accompanied population
shift from rural to urban areas 3. need to assimilate culturally diverse immigrants
3. What resistance did Horace Mann have to overcome with the
wealthy? Answer: The wealthy were more likely to send their children to private schools
rather than common schools
4. What was Horace Mann's argument/appeal to the wealthy? Answer:
Educated workers were safe and malleable, less likely to be drinkers or to damage machinery,
more likely to attend church and provide stable lives for themselves and their families; maintain the
status quo
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14
, Contact for any academic assistanc
5. What resistance did Horace Mann have to overcome with the
working class?-
Answer: The working class was more inclined to keep children at home to work
6. What was Horace Mann's argument/appeal to the working class?
Answer: Education would alone prevent class divisions from hardening
7. What were Mann's views on property and taxation? Answer: bothered
by the reluctance of the wealthy to pay taxes that support public schools, claiming that supporting
public schools would benefit all; believed that amount of support should be determined by the needs of
the school children, not the willingness of citizens to pay; believed property was more than private
property, but the "benefit and subsistence of the whole race... collectively"; property was "leased"
rather than "owned"
8. What was the opposition to Mann and the common school idea?
Answer: members of religious sects that believed deeply in their particular views wanted
schools to reinforce their beliefs and practices
9. What reasons were given to utilize women as teachers? Answer:
less costly; more women available; more nurturing
10. Describe Michael Katz's argument on "Social class and the
common school"-
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