REVIEW OF JEFFERSON AND MANN

1. When was the first proposal for a system of public education accepted?

2. Why was Jefferson’s plan rejected?

3. Where did the “Common School” get its name from – what was it seen as a solution to?

4. Was Mann’s plan accepted?

5. How did the growth of the bourgeoisie affect the feudal order?

6. Jefferson wrote “Liberty and Literacy for all.” Did he mean “for all?”

7. Why did business support Mann’s proposal for public education?

8. How did the system of schooling proposed by Mann reflect the PEI?

9. What connections do you see between the “Common School” and the ending of court ordered busing in Charlotte (September 1999)