'''Horace Mann''' was an early activist toward state control of the school systems. He is generally regarded as the "Father of the [[Common School]] Movement".<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mlh6ON4UNPUC&pg=PA15|last1=Roger|first1=Roger L.|title=Origins of Federal Support for Higher Education: George W. Atherton and the Land-Grant College Movement|date=2010|publisher=Penn State Press|isbn=978-0271028293}}</ref> | '''Horace Mann''' was an early activist toward state control of the school systems. He is generally regarded as the "Father of the [[Common School]] Movement".<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mlh6ON4UNPUC&pg=PA15|last1=Roger|first1=Roger L.|title=Origins of Federal Support for Higher Education: George W. Atherton and the Land-Grant College Movement|date=2010|publisher=Penn State Press|isbn=978-0271028293}}</ref> |