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Horace Mann (May 4, 1796 â August 2, 1859) was an American politician and educational reformer. A Whig devoted to promoting speedy modernization, he served in the Massachusetts State legislature (1827â37).
He wanted a school that would be available and equal for all, part of the birth-right of every American child, to be for rich and poor alike. Mann had found social harmony to be his primary goal of the school. (8, Cremin). Horace Mann felt that a common school would be the great equalizer..