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James Gordon Carter (born James Carter, Jr.) (1795-1849) was a Massachusetts
Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....
 State Legislator
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 and education
Education

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 reformer.

He wrote “Influence of an Early Education” (Essays Upon Popular Education) and in 1837, as House Chairman of the Committee on Education, contributed to the establishment of the Massachusetts Board of Education
Massachusetts Board of Education

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, the first state Board of education
Board of education

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 in the United States. This was an important stepping stone in the path to government funded schooling.






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James Gordon Carter (born James Carter, Jr.) (1795-1849) was a Massachusetts
Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....
 State Legislator
Legislator

A legislator is a person who writes and passes laws, especially someone who is a member of a legislature. Legislators are usually politicians and are often elected by the people....
 and education
Education

File:Inukshuk Monterrey 1.jpgEducation can be seen as a product or a process and considered in a broad sense or a technical sense. According to philosophy of education George F....
 reformer.

He wrote “Influence of an Early Education” (Essays Upon Popular Education) and in 1837, as House Chairman of the Committee on Education, contributed to the establishment of the Massachusetts Board of Education
Massachusetts Board of Education

The Massachusetts Board of Education is responsible for interpreting and implementing laws relevant to public education in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts....
, the first state Board of education
Board of education

A board of education or a school board or school committee is the title of the board of directors of a school, local school district or higher administrative level....
 in the United States. This was an important stepping stone in the path to government funded schooling. To the disappointment of many of Carter's supporters, who felt he deserved the honor, Horace Mann
Horace Mann

Horace Mann was an United States education reformer, and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1827 to 1833. He served in the Massachusetts Senate from 1834-1837....
 was appointed the board's first secretary.

Carter was also instrumental in the reformation of teacher education, and establishment of the first Normal school
Normal school

A normal school was a school created to train high school graduates to be teachers. Its purpose was to establish teaching standards or norms, hence its name....
 which later became Framingham State College
Framingham State College

Framingham State College is located in Framingham, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, USA, 20 miles from Boston. It offers undergraduate programs in a range of subjects from Art to Biology to Communication Arts, and Graduate school programs including MBA, MEd, and Master's degree....
. This earned him the sobriequet: "Father of the American Normal School."

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