1848 Education Reform (dec 31, 1847 – aug 28, 1848)

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Horace Man: Secretary of 1st Board of Education in the U.S.

Led the fight for better schools

Helped get teachers better pay

Started colleges to train teachers

Understood some people are rich and some are “born to toil” BUT he called education, “the great equalizer



Thomas Gallaudet: Reformed education for the handicapped
Set up a school for the deaf in Connecticut
Gallaudet University, the country’s leading school for the deaf, in Washington, D.C. is named for him

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