Educational Reformation in the 1830s

Education in the 1830s was greatly improved through the adaptation of tax-supported schools, which were first established in Pennsylvania in 1834 and later adopted by other states. However, the idea of tax-supported schools was not popular amongst the upper middle class or middle class because they were the ones paying for the education of the lower class. “ They saw no reason to support schools that their children, who were mostly enrolled in private schools, would not attend”. Innovative and educated Individuals like Horace Mann of Massachusetts played a large role in the adaptation and complete establishment of tax- supported schools later on in the mid- late 18^th century, as the first secretary of the board of education he established the first teacher-training programs and school curriculum's.