Question

Horace Mann believed each of the following except .

that the public should provide, control, and sustain universal, free education

that schools should teach from a Methodist perspective

that there should be “common” schools for children of all social, religious, and ethnic backgrounds

that professional teachers should be trained in teacher colleges or “normal schools”

Answer 1

that schools should teach from a Methodist perspective

Mann advocated publicly funded, nonsectarian "common schools" open to all and supported professional teacher training (normal schools); he opposed sectarian (e.g., specifically Methodist) instruction.