Item Tag: Nonfiction

It highlights how teachers collaborated to shape what students learn and how lessons connect to daily life and civic awareness. Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books.

Horace Mann, the Educator traces a life that shaped public schooling and inspired teachers across the globe. It reveals how Mann’s ideas sparked both admiration and controversy, and how his work helped place education at the center of public life.

Horace Mann in Ohio — a focused study of how Mann’s public school ideals were applied to college life at Antioch College, Yellow Springs. This scholarly work surveys Mann’s Ohio era, examining how his push for co‑education, non‑sectarian learning, and practical character formation shaped college administration.

Ideal for readers of educational history and anyone curious about how public schooling grew into a national enterprise and a model for the world. The narrative highlights how Mann built a practical, action‑driven approach to education.