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131-529: Bridgewater State University was founded by Horace Mann as Bridgewater Normal School . It opened on September 9, 1840, making it the oldest permanently-located institution of public higher education in Massachusetts. As one of the first normal schools in the nation, its initial mission was to train school teachers . Today Bridgewater, which is regarded as the "home of teacher education in America", has

262-687: A law clerk to Judge Stephen Reinhardt on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for one year. In 1983, he joined the staff of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF), where he worked on death penalty and voting rights cases. While at LDF, he met Bill Clinton , the then Governor of Arkansas , when he sued Clinton in a voting case. In 1986, he joined the Boston law firm of Hill & Barlow and

393-495: A $ 2.2 billion higher education bond bill with $ 1 billion directed towards the University of Massachusetts system and $ 1.2 billion to the state universities and community colleges. $ 100 million was directed towards the construction of the integrated sciences complex at the University of Massachusetts Boston and a second $ 100 million directed towards constructing a general academic building. On October 23, 2014, Patrick spoke at

524-753: A 2020 presidential bid in December 2018. He entered the race on November 14, 2019, but ended his campaign only three months later following a poor showing in the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary . Patrick was born on July 31, 1956, in the South Side of Chicago , where his family resided in a two-bedroom apartment in the Robert Taylor Homes ' housing projects . Patrick is the son of Emily Mae ( née Wintersmith) and Pat Patrick ,

655-573: A casino outside the legal framework of the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act . In 2009, Patrick was among the top campaign contribution recipients from casino lobbying interests, and from financiers backing the Wampanoag casino interests. On March 20, 2008, the Massachusetts House of Representatives rejected Patrick's casino bill by a vote of 108 to 46. Despite the overwhelming vote, questions were raised by critics of DiMasi as to

786-408: A certificate of completion. This was increasingly done at a ceremony imitating college graduation rituals. Arguing that universal public education was the best way to turn the nation's unruly children into disciplined, judicious republican citizens, Mann won widespread approval for building public schools from modernizers, especially among fellow Whigs . Most states adopted one version or another of

917-412: A common learning experience. This would also allow the less fortunate to advance in the social scale and education would "equalize the conditions of men." Moreover, it was viewed also as a road to social advancement by the early labor movement and as a goal of having common schools. Mann also suggested that having schools would help those students who did not have appropriate discipline in the home. Building

1048-551: A foreign land, would be the seizure of the descendants of that race, and driving them from the new home they had acquired. So great a crime as this second expatriation would be, could hardly be conceived unless by a mind that had prepared itself for it by participating in the commission of the first." Mann considered there to be three legitimate methods by which the Africans in captivity in the US could emancipate themselves, including, as

1179-588: A gym and playground. The total State appropriation for the Normal School repairs and rebuilding of the training school was $ 606,566, in addition to $ 86,500 from the town. The Normal Building and Tillinghast Hall were rebuilt and opened in June 1926, now renamed as Boyden Hall and Harrington Hall. In the 1950s, many veterans of the Korean War enrolled and proms were the highlight of the year for them. In 1957

1310-569: A jazz musician associated with Sun Ra . In 1959, Patrick's father abandoned their family in order to play music in New York City , and because he had fathered a daughter, La'Shon Anthony, by another woman. Deval reportedly had a strained relationship with his father, who opposed his choice of high school, but they eventually reconciled. Patrick was raised by his mother, who traces her roots to American slaves in Kentucky . While Patrick

1441-483: A last resort, that "such as our revolutionary fathers adopted against Great Britain [...] not only with the justification but with the approval of the civilized world. For this there are two conditions: a sufficient degree of oppression to authorize an appeal to force, and a chance, on the part of the oppressed, of bettering their condition. The measure of the first condition is already full - heaped up - running over. The second condition will be fulfilled, either when

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1572-548: A main priority of his administration. Patrick also committed a historic amount of public funds to Massachusetts schools, introduced legislation to tackle a persistent education gap among minority students, and won the national Race to the Top competition. Patrick now supports a doubling of the number of charter schools in Massachusetts. In his first year in office, Patrick proposed making community college free to all Massachusetts high school graduates. On August 7, 2008, Patrick signed

1703-467: A mother, and used his position to push for a feminization of the profession. The practical result of Mann's work was a revolution in the approach used in the common school system of Massachusetts, which in turn influenced the direction of other states. In carrying out his work, Mann met with bitter opposition by some Boston schoolmasters who strongly disapproved of his innovative pedagogical ideas, and by various religious sectarians, who contended against

1834-549: A net of 63 seats to take control of the House, but remained a minority in the Senate despite gaining 6 seats. Patrick crafted and signed a bill that allows for the construction and operation of three resort-style casinos in the state. He argued that these casinos would generate over $ 2 billion for the state economy. He also touted that the casinos would create 30,000 construction jobs and 20,000 permanent jobs. Patrick proposed that

1965-405: A parking garage behind Crimson Hall. Construction on the park was completed in late 2012. In November 2013, the university announced plans to open a satellite campus on Cape Cod . The opening of this satellite campus helped to accommodate the high number of students who commute daily to the main campus from Cape Cod. Approximately 600 Bridgewater State students reside on or commute from Cape Cod to

2096-551: A person's character was just as important as reading, writing, and arithmetic. Instilling values such as obedience to authority, promptness in attendance, and organizing the time according to bell ringing helped students prepare for future employment. Mann faced some resistance from parents who did not want to give up the moral education to teachers and bureaucrats. The normal schools trained mostly women, giving them new career opportunities as teachers. Mann believed that women were better suited for teaching, regardless of their status as

2227-467: A religiously passive stance. While Mann affirmed that "our Public Schools are not Theological Seminaries" and that they were "debarred by law from inculcating the peculiar and distinctive doctrines of any one religious denomination amongst us ... or all that is essential to religion or salvation," he assured those who objected to this secular nature that "our system earnestly inculcates all Christian morals; it founds its morals based on religion; it welcomes

2358-536: A robbery trial by placing a reasonable doubt in the minds of the jury by pointing out that the victim had previously identified someone else as the man who robbed him. The strategy worked, and there was a hung jury . Mann was elected to the Massachusetts legislature in 1827, and in that role was active in the interests of education, public charities, and laws for the suppression of alcoholic drinks and lotteries. He established an asylum in Worcester , and in 1833

2489-483: A small location was opened up in Attleboro, Massachusetts. It is attached to Bristol Community College . Located at 11 Field Road, Attleboro, MA 02703 Bridgewater State University has a student-run radio station, 91.5 WBIM-FM . Bridgewater State University has had its own student-run newspaper since 1927, called The Comment . The Bridge , Bridgewater State University's student journal of literature and fine art,

2620-406: A third term. Before taking office, Patrick assembled a transition team headed by lawyer Michael Angelini, bank executive Ronald Homer, and Weld administration economic affairs secretary Gloria Cordes Larson . In his first meetings with the legislative leadership, he proposed his first action would be to hire 1,000 new police officers and to expand full-day kindergarten statewide. Breaking with

2751-625: Is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education . On July 1, 2010, the former School of Arts and Sciences was split into the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and the School of Science and Mathematics. In October 2010, the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, the School of Science and Mathematics, the Ricciardi School of Business and the School of Graduate Studies, were all renamed colleges, and

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2882-506: Is $ 160. A full-time student has at least 12 credits and a part-time student has 11 or fewer. Students can choose from several lots to park in, depending on the time of day. Spring Street Lot is located off of Spring Street and can be accessed by taking Route 104 or Route 18. The lot is located right behind the railroad tracks, a short distance from campus. One is located near the bookstore and Crimson Hall Dormitories. West Campus lots are not available to commuters prior to 4 pm. Hooper Street Lot

3013-500: Is an organization of students who represent the Bridgewater State community. Through SGA, the student body can express their academic and social wants and needs. SGA is made up of five different boards: the policy board, finance board, events board, election board, and media board. The Comment had its start in 1927. At the time The Comment served “as bulletin of school affairs and to make each class better acquainted with

3144-638: Is another way commuters travel to the school campus. Bridgewater State is served by the MBTA Commuter Rail . The train station is located at 85 Burrill Avenue; commuters cut through the MBTA parking lot from the train station for easy access to the campus. The railroad tracks divide the campus in half between East and West campus. There is a small walkway underpass beneath the rail line which allows students to walk between East and West campus, along with an at-grade railroad crossing on Plymouth St., next to

3275-425: Is believed to have been either "rats or mice" gnawing in the heating ducts, or a spontaneous combustion. There were reportedly no injuries. The Normal School and boiler room were repaired immediately. Tillinghast Hall was rebuilt and a new Woodward dorm built. The training school was housed in a different building temporarily and later a new building was built for it exemplifying a well equipped elementary school, with

3406-464: Is common to all, and may, therefore, with propriety be inculcated in schools, and those which, being peculiar to individual sects, are therefore by law excluded; still it is believed that no practical difficulty occurs in the conduct of our schools in this regard." Rather than sanctioning a particular church as was often the norm in many states, the Legislature proscribed books "calculated to favor

3537-641: Is located near Burnell Hall and Hart Hall. Swenson Field Lot is located in front of the Bridgewater State football field. The newest addition to the parking lots is the parking garage, which opened in January 2012. The garage has approximately 840 parking spaces for students. The parking garage is for commuters and is located behind Crimson Hall and Shea-Durgin Hall and is adjacent to the BSU Police Station. All commuter lots close at 2 am daily. The Railroad

3668-499: Is the home to the residential Honors upperclassman living-learning community The Adrian Tinsley Program (ATP) is the university's undergraduate research program. Normal schools, because they were state institutions, received no bequests from wealthy alumni. After the Civil War, in 1869, the first college dormitory was constructed, called Normal Hall. This was a coed dormitory that was split half and half. Boys on one side, girls on

3799-454: Is the progress of civilization-on this western continent, and throughout the world. It is the completion of the first normal schoolhouse ever erected in Massachusetts,—in the Union,—in this hemisphere. It belongs to that class of events which may happen once, but are not capable of being repeated. Coiled up in this institution, as in a spring, there is a vigor whose uncoiling may wheel

3930-667: Is thus also known as The Father of American Education . In 1848, after public service as Secretary of the Massachusetts State Board of Education , Mann was elected to the United States House of Representatives (1848–1853). From September 1852 to his death in 1859, he served as President of Antioch College . Arguing that universal public education was the best way to turn unruly American children into disciplined, judicious republican citizens, Mann won widespread approval from modernizers, especially in

4061-417: Is to relate the stories back to Bridgewater students. With that being said, it is a common occurrence to see faces and stories of students in the newspaper. The Comment focuses on upcoming events rather than reviews to catch hold of the reader's interest. Commuters pay an estimated total of $ 7,553 a year to attend Bridgewater. The cost of the parking decal for part-time students is $ 65 and full-time students

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4192-561: The Free Soil Party , and the same day was chosen president of the newly established Antioch College at Yellow Springs, Ohio . Failing in the election for governor, he accepted the presidency of the college, which he continued until his death. There he taught economics, philosophy, and theology; he was popular with students and with lay audiences across the Midwest who attended his lectures promoting public schools. Mann also employed

4323-630: The Mendi Bible , which was given to then-Congressman John Quincy Adams by the freed American slaves from the ship La Amistad . A series of regional inaugural balls, seven in total, were held to bring the inauguration to the citizens of the Commonwealth. The celebrations took place in Cape Cod , Worcester , Dartmouth , Pittsfield , Springfield , and Boston . In 2005, Patrick announced his candidacy for governor of Massachusetts. He

4454-677: The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and later joined a Boston law firm, where he was later named a partner. In 1994, Bill Clinton appointed him as the United States assistant attorney general for the civil rights division of the United States Department of Justice , where he worked on issues including racial profiling and police misconduct . He was first elected governor in 2006 , succeeding Mitt Romney , who chose not to run for reelection, and

4585-682: The United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division under President Bill Clinton . He was briefly a candidate for President of the United States in the 2020 U.S. presidential election . Raised on the South Side of Chicago , Patrick earned a scholarship to Milton Academy in Milton, Massachusetts , in the eighth grade. He went on to attend Harvard College and Harvard Law School . After graduating, he practiced law with

4716-620: The Whig Party , for building public schools. Most U.S. states adopted a version of the system Mann established in Massachusetts, especially the program for normal schools to train professional teachers. Educational historians credit Horace Mann, along with Henry Barnard and Catharine Beecher , as one of the major advocates of the Common School Movement. Horace Mann was born in Franklin, Massachusetts . His father

4847-476: The Whig Party , to legislate tax-supported elementary public education in their states and to feminize the teaching force. To justify the new taxes Mann assured businessmen that more education in the work force made for a richer and more profitable economy. Most northern states adopted one version or another of the system he established in Massachusetts, especially the program for " normal schools " to train professional teachers. Mann traveled to every School in

4978-521: The Wilmot proviso for the territories that the south—a part of them—will rebel; but I would pass it, rebellion or not. I consider no evil so great as the extension of slavery." During the first session, he volunteered as counsel for Drayton and Sayres , who were indicted for stealing 76 slaves in the District of Columbia , and at the trial was engaged for 21 successive days in their defense. In 1850, he

5109-548: The "ill-informed, ineffective reading instruction" remains the norm in American colleges of education and, accordingly, in American elementary schools. Upon becoming the secretary of education of Massachusetts in 1837, Mann worked to create a statewide system of professional teachers, based on the Prussian model of "common schools." Prussia was attempting to develop a system of education by which all students were entitled to

5240-471: The "word method" as one of the features of the "Progressive" system of education . As Nancy Millichap notes, "Despite the enthusiasm of educators for their new methods of teaching, the illiteracy rate remained high. Among American soldiers enlisted in World War I, 24.9 percent proved unable to read or write, and during World War II approximately the same percentage of British servicemen [who were taught using

5371-637: The 1859 commencement and died that summer of typhoid fever . Antioch historian Robert Straker wrote that Mann had been "crucified by crusading sectarians." Ralph Waldo Emerson lamented "what seems the fatal waste of labor and life at Antioch." Mann's wife, who wrote in anguish that "the blood of martyrdom waters the spot," later disinterred his body from Yellow Springs. He is buried in the North Burial Ground in Providence, Rhode Island , next to his first wife. Historians treat Mann as one of

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5502-521: The 1964 Marshall Conant Science Building (99,700 square feet (9,260 m)), but the plans changed, and instead, most of the old building was demolished and replaced with a new facility, which opened in 2011. Additions to Pope and Scott Halls opened in fall 2009, increasing their capacity by 150 beds each. Renovations and additions to the Rondileau Campus Center (RCC) began in spring 2013 and were finished by December. The project cost

5633-494: The American West - in which men like Frederick Douglass , Henry Bibb and Henry Box Brown "instead of making speeches might be making laws. Instead of commanding the types of a newspaper press [...] might be commanding armies and navies" and could more effectively organize the liberation of their enslaved brethren in the U.S. from these strongholds. In September 1852, he was nominated for governor of Massachusetts by

5764-474: The Board of Higher Education. The university has 108 majors in 35 areas of studies starting with the popular education, aviation, psychology, accounting, criminal justice and many others. The university has 30 academic departments ranging from Accounting and Finance to Theatre and Dance. BSU is the second most affordable state university when it comes to undergraduate in-state tuition. Bridgewater State University

5895-439: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts finally agreed to construct a building for Bridgewater State Normal School, the first building ever erected in America for the preparation of teachers. This two-story wooden building, 64 feet by 42 feet, accommodating 84 students, was to be the institution's educational plant for almost half a century. There were small and large classrooms, with blackboards in each. Since changes were made to

6026-701: The Department of Social Work was renamed the School of Social Work. The College of Humanities and Social Sciences currently consists of fifteen academic departments, the Bartlett College of Science and Mathematics has six departments, the College of Education and Health Sciences has five departments, and the Ricciardi College of Business has three. Pope Hall is the home to the residential Honors first-year living-learning community. Weygand Hall

6157-751: The Executive Vice-President, General Counsel and Secretary at The Coca-Cola Company . Patrick pushed for a thorough review of allegations that some workers at bottlers of Coke products in Colombia had been abused or even killed by paramilitary groups as a result of union organizing activity. Patrick concluded the allegations to be unsubstantiated and untrue, but counseled that the company allow an independent inquiry to lay all questions to rest. After initially supporting Patrick's view, then-CEO Douglas Daft changed his mind, precipitating Patrick's decision to leave Coke. From 2004 to 2006, he served on

6288-590: The Human Race." He learned Greek and Latin from Samuel Barrett , who later became a famous Unitarian minister. Mann studied law for a short time in Wrentham, Massachusetts and was a tutor of Latin and Greek (1820–1822) and a librarian (1821–1823) at Brown. During 1822, he also studied at Litchfield Law School and, in 1823, was admitted to the bar in Dedham, Massachusetts . Mann defended James Allen in

6419-505: The John J. Kelly Gym was built and in 1959 SAT scores were required to be submitted for the first time. During the 1960s the liberal arts curriculum was introduced. The Ivy Exercises, in which the junior class would form an archway with ivy leaves leading up to the school on graduation day, were dying out. In 1960 Pope Hall was built as an all-women's dorm. Scott Hall was built in 1961 as an all-men's dorm. The Marshall Conant Science Building

6550-610: The Supreme Judicial Court ruled that a referendum to repeal legislation permitting casino gambling could appear on the November ballot, throwing the prospects of the casino legislation into question. In 2010, Patrick pushed for legislation to limit the purchase of firearms, citing a series of gun violence incidents and violent crime in Boston. In 2011, Patrick proposed new legislation that would require more stringent regulations on firearms. During an event surrounding

6681-593: The Welcome Center, for motorists to drive between campuses. The stops on the line go all the way from South Station to Lakeville. The Commuter Rail takes about 45 minutes to get to South Station in Boston . Bridgewater State University fields 22 varsity athletic teams (10 men's 12 women's) competing at the NCAA Division III level. The college had planned a $ 100 million renovation and expansion of

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6812-456: The activities and interests of other classes." Today, The Comment has about 20 staff writers and prints nine newspapers per semester printing 1100 copies each time. It is funded by the SGA (Student Government Association). The Comment has a website that is updated daily with news about the school and sports at Bridgewater State University, but also with current news of the nation. Their main motive

6943-476: The alphabet and the sounds of the letters", though he may have been confused between "the alphabet method of learning letters through words and a word method, now called the look-and-say method, or learning to read through saying the word as a whole". Mann's endorsement of "word method" for reading instruction made a lasting impression on other reformers of the period, and "by 1890 the alphabet method had virtually died out". Francis Parker and John Dewey used

7074-577: The announcement, Patrick said one of his main goals was to "stop children from killing children." Patrick also reported that he would ask for $ 10 million in private and public funding to help "fill the gaps." Reacting to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting , in 2013 Patrick proposed stricter gun control laws, including a limit of one firearm purchase a month and closing the gun show loophole . Throughout his term in office, Patrick made achieving "world-class public education"

7205-409: The assertion by some that Christianity was excluded from his schools, or that they were anti-Christian. A devotee of the pseudoscience of phrenology , Mann believed education could eliminate or reduce human failings and compensate for any biological flaws. Mann also once stated that "it may not be easy theoretically, to draw the line between those views of religious truth and of Christian faith which

7336-604: The auspices of the board, but at his own expense, he went to Europe in 1843 to visit schools, especially in Prussia , and his seventh annual report, published after his return, embodied the results of his tour. Many editions of this report were printed, not only in Massachusetts but in other states, in some cases by private individuals and in others by legislatures; several editions were issued in England. Mann hoped that by bringing all children of all classes together, they could have

7467-502: The basement of the Old Bridgewater Town Hall, in a 40-foot by 50-foot space, divided into three rooms: an ante-room for students, an apparatus room, and a classroom. The first class consisted of 21 women and seven men. Nicholas Tillinghast, the first principal (1840–53) was initially the only instructor. The school year consisted of two 14-week terms. Students were not required to attend consecutively. In 1845,

7598-429: The board of directors of ACC Capital Holdings , the parent company of Ameriquest and Argent Mortgage. Ameriquest was the largest lender of so-called subprime mortgages and was under investigation by Attorneys General across the country. Patrick joined the board at the request of Ameriquest's founder, Roland Arnall , who asked for his help managing the investigations and changing the company's culture. During his tenure on

7729-588: The board, Ameriquest and Argent originated over $ 80 billion in subprime mortgages , but those conducting the investigation said that at the time Patrick left Ameriquest the company was on the road to change. Following his career as governor, Patrick joined the private equity firm Bain Capital in 2015, where he is currently acting as a Managing Director. Having been elected in 2006, Patrick took office as governor on January 4, 2007 and served two terms, leaving office on January 8, 2015, having not sought reelection to

7860-488: The casino bill vote. Patrick's conduct was also criticized and his commitment to the bill questioned when it was revealed that he was not in the state on the day the bill was voted on in the legislature. As the bill was being voted down, Patrick was in New York City on personal business, finalizing a $ 1.35-million deal with Broadway Books, an imprint of Random House , to publish his autobiography. By mid-2010,

7991-422: The chairman of the board for Our Generation Speaks , a fellowship program and startup incubator whose mission is to bring together young Israeli and Palestinian leaders through entrepreneurship. He also holds a board of directors position at telehealth company American Well . Members of his own inner circle and Barack Obama 's inner circle encouraged Patrick to run for president in 2020 , but Patrick ruled out

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8122-413: The construction. There has been a discussion of building a fine and performing arts center in the distant future. A new residence hall, Weygand Hall, was constructed on East Campus in 2013. The building uses geothermal and solar energy to minimize energy usage. The roughly 200-space parking lot next to the MBTA railroad underpass on East Campus has been converted into a park to balance the construction of

8253-767: The corner of Chestnut and Highland Streets. Horace and Mary had three sons: Horace Mann Jr. , George Combe Mann, and Benjamin Pickman Mann . It was not until he was appointed Secretary in 1837 of the newly created Massachusetts Board of Education that he began the work which was to make him one of America's most influential educational reformers. Upon starting his duties, he withdrew from all other professional or business engagements as well as politics. As Secretary of Education, Mann held teachers' conventions, delivered numerous lectures and addresses, carried on an extensive correspondence, and introduced numerous reforms. Mann persuaded his fellow modernizers, especially those in

8384-505: The crime. However, once the DNA test proved LaGuer's guilt, Patrick withdrew his support for the inmate's release. Patrick won the general election with 55% of the vote, becoming the first Democratic governor of Massachusetts since Michael Dukakis left office in 1991, and the state's first African-American governor. On April 2, 2009, Patrick announced alongside Lt. Governor Timothy Murray that they would both run for re-election. Patrick

8515-477: The daughter of former Brown University president Asa Messer . She died two years later on August 1, 1832; he never fully recovered from the intense grief and shock that accompanied her death. In 1843, he married Mary Tyler Peabody . Afterward, the couple accompanied Samuel Gridley Howe and Julia Ward Howe on a dual honeymoon to Europe. They subsequently purchased a home in West Newton, Massachusetts , at

8646-485: The exclusion of all sectarian instruction from the schools. As the Old Deluder Satan Act and other 17th-century Massachusetts School Laws attest, early education in Massachusetts had a clear religious intent. However, by the time of Mann's leadership in education, various developments (including a vibrant populist Protestant faith and increased religious diversity) fostered a secular school system with

8777-556: The existing transportation system in Massachusetts. The Commission identified several reforms and revenue options to close the gap. The Patrick administration lobbied for and passed a major transportation reform bill, which incorporated many of the TFC-recommended reforms, and which created the Massachusetts Department of Transportation by merging smaller transportation agencies. Patrick proposed raising

8908-592: The first airline to do so. In 1999, partly because of his work on the Equality and Fairness Task Force, Patrick was offered the job as General Counsel of Texaco , responsible for all of the company's legal affairs. While he continued his work transforming employment practices at the company, the majority of his time was devoted to exploring and working out a merger, ultimately announced in October 2000, with larger Chevron Corp. In 2001, Patrick left Texaco to become

9039-530: The first female faculty member to be paid on an equal basis with her male colleagues, Rebecca Pennell , his niece. His commencement message to the class of 1859 was to "Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity". Antioch College was founded by the Christian Connexion , which later withdrew its financial support causing the college to struggle for many years with meager financial resources due to sectarian infighting. Mann himself

9170-547: The gambling industry, by accepting more than $ 6,000 in campaign contributions, and meeting with and attending fundraisers hosted by gaming lobbyists. Patrick signed the legislation into law in December 2011. Its implementation, however, has seen hurdles and delays. The governor's point man on crafting gaming legislation and negotiating a state compact with the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe , Assistant Secretary for Policy & Economic Development Carl Stanley McGee,

9301-488: The gates to their campus in his dedication, a gift of the Class of 1910. Deval Patrick Deval Laurdine Patrick (born July 31, 1956) is an American politician who served as the 71st governor of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2015. He was the first African-American Governor of Massachusetts and the first Democratic governor of the state since Michael Dukakis left office in 1991. Patrick served from 1994 to 1997 as

9432-412: The governor's state house suite, changing the state's customary car lease from a Ford Crown Victoria to a Cadillac . Patrick responded in a February 20, 2007, press conference that "I realize I cannot in good conscience ask the agencies to make those choices without being willing to make them myself." Patrick subsequently reimbursed the Commonwealth for the cost of the drapery and furniture purchased for

9563-473: The house and senate passed a bill with plans for three resort-style casinos and two slot parlors. However, Patrick vetoed it as he previously stated that he would only accept one slot parlor. When the 2011 casino legislation was still in debate, an investigative report in The Boston Globe revealed the governor violated his self-imposed policy of not accepting money from or meeting with lobbyists for

9694-650: The installation of an elevator & entrance stairs. Crimson Hall, a new 400-bed residence hall on the East Campus, opened in the fall of 2007. The college has constructed a new 600-space parking area, the Tower Lot, behind the Operations Center. The lot where the new residence hall is being built was a 1,000-spot parking lot. The new building has taken 400 of those 1,000. The Tower Lot has been built in an attempt to regain some parking spots lost during

9825-479: The interim U.S. senator in the wake of Ted Kennedy 's death. On January 30, 2013, Patrick chose his former chief-of-staff Mo Cowan to serve as interim U.S. senator until a special election to fill the seat left vacant by Secretary of State designate John Kerry . In the early months of Patrick's administration, a series of decisions the governor later conceded as "missteps" brought substantial unfavorable press. These included spending almost $ 11,000 on drapery for

9956-545: The largest enrollment of teacher education students in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Since the 1960s, the school has expanded its program to include liberal arts, business, and aviation science. It became a university and took on its present name, Bridgewater State University , in 2010. During its history, it has also been known as Bridgewater State Normal School (1846), Bridgewater State Teachers College (1932), State Teachers College at Bridgewater (1960), and Bridgewater State College (1965). The normal school opened in

10087-515: The lecture method common in European universities, which required students to receive professional instruction rather than teach one another. Previously, schools had often had groups of students who ranged in age from 6 to 14 years. With the introduction of age grading, multi-aged classrooms all but disappeared. Some students progressed with their grade and completed all courses the secondary school had to offer. These were "graduated," and were awarded

10218-487: The legalization of same-sex marriage because of the fundamental principle that "citizens come before their government as equals". He worked with the state legislature to prevent a ballot measure eliminating same-sex marriage in Massachusetts, which protected the state's first-in-the-nation same-sex marriage allowance. Patrick proposed a bill that would streamline Massachusetts' permit appeals process for wind energy projects. The Wind Energy Siting Reform bill would reduce

10349-438: The letters of the alphabet as "skeleton-shaped, bloodless, ghostly apparitions". To him, teaching the alphabet was entirely illogical: "When we wish to give a child the idea of a new animal, we do not present successively the different parts of it,—an eye, an ear, the nose, the mouth, the body, or a leg: but we present a whole animal, as one object". Mann believed that "children's earliest books should teach whole words, skipping

10480-858: The main campus in Bridgewater. The campus is located in the former MacArthur School in South Yarmouth, Massachusetts . This satellite campus opened in January 2015, offering undergraduate and graduate courses in Early Childhood Education, Educational Leadership, Secondary Education, Reading, and Special Education, along with certificate programs in Business and Social Work. The campus offers a number of undergraduate credit courses in History beginning in Summer 2015. In January 2009

10611-573: The minds of the American people the conception that education should be universal, non-sectarian, free, and that its aims should be social efficiency, civic virtue, and character, rather than mere learning or the advancement of sectarian ends. An important technique which Mann had learned in Prussia and introduced in Massachusetts in 1848 was to place students in grades by age. They were assigned by age to different grades and progressed through them, regardless of differences of aptitude. In addition, he used

10742-473: The model school. An early-morning fire on Wednesday, December 10, 1924, destroyed three of the college's buildings, over half of the campus: Tillinghast Hall, the Training School, and old Woodward dormitories. The Normal School and the boiler room were saved. The fire was so large that other towns' fire departments had to be called to assist. The cause of the fire was not definitely established, but it

10873-604: The most important leaders of education reform in the antebellum period. Many places around the world are named after Mann. Among them are more than 50 public schools in the United States. Horace Mann's statue stands in front of the Massachusetts State House along with that of Daniel Webster . At Antioch College, a monument carries his quote, which has been recently adopted as the college motto: "Be Ashamed to Die Until You Have Won Some Victory for Humanity." The University of Northern Colorado named

11004-592: The most popular major, and remains so today. In 1992 the college established the School of Education and Allied Studies and the School of Arts and Sciences. In 1995 the Moakley Center opened. From 1999 to 2002 the college had an endowment campaign to raise 10 million dollars to support academics. In 2010 Bridgewater State was one of the Massachusetts state colleges that chose to become a university. This would boost its popularity, attract more contributions, increase student applications and enrollment, and give

11135-450: The other. Students would contribute a specific amount of money for food, and the principal would then purchase supplies at the nearest wholesale. Any surplus amount of money at the end of the year was split up between those who had paid. In the 1890s this procedure was discontinued and a set price for board was established. In later years, as enrollment grew beginning in 1933, new dormitories were constructed: Woodward Hall and Tillinghast. In

11266-508: The permitting process to nine to 19 months. Patrick made expanding renewable energy a focus of his second term, but faced a setback when lawmakers failed to raise caps on solar generation in Massachusetts and to expand the amount of hydropower purchased by utility companies from Canada. The legislatively chartered Transportation Finance Commission (TFC) reported in 2007 that over the next 20 years there would be $ 15–$ 19 billion gap between revenues and necessary expenditures, just to maintain

11397-601: The post-war period, more dormitories were built: Pope Hall, Scott Hall, Durgin Hall, and Shea Hall. Bridgewater State University has over 160 clubs and organizations. Four sororities, three fraternities and one co-educational fraternity are offered at BSU: Alpha Sigma Tau , founded in 2014, Delta Phi Epsilon , founded on December 8, 2010, Gamma Phi Beta , founded November 22, 1987, Phi Sigma Sigma , founded in 1989, Kappa Delta Phi , founded on April 14, 1900, Phi Kappa Theta , founded in 1889, Sigma Pi , and Phi Pi Delta . Bridgewater State's Student Government Association (SGA)

11528-643: The preparation of educators as the largest producer of Massachusetts teachers, holding the highest national ranking available (Title II first quartile). It is one of seven universities accredited in Massachusetts for teacher education according to the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) The university is also accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, The National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification (NASDTEC),

11659-498: The religion of the Bible; and, in receiving the Bible, it allows it to do what it is allowed to do in no other system—to speak for itself. But here it stops, not because it claims to have compassed all truth; but because it disclaims to act as an umpire between hostile religious opinions." Mann stated that this position resulted in a near-universal use of the Bible in the schools of Massachusetts and that this served as an argument against

11790-546: The revenue generated would be spent to beef up local law enforcement, create a state gambling regulatory agency, repair roads and bridges, and aid in gambling addiction treatment, and that the remainder would go towards property tax relief. Patrick's casino plan had faced strong opposition from Salvatore DiMasi , the former Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives . DiMasi questioned Patrick's projections of new jobs and revenues to be generated, and

11921-463: The same address he opposed plans to forcibly deport freedmen from the United States to other nations: "The idea of forcibly expelling the American born negro from the place of his birth and residence, and driving him out of the country against his will, is as abhorrent to my notions of justice and equality, as it can be to those of anyone. The next most cruel thing to kidnapping a race of men, forcing them from their home and dooming them to slavery in

12052-489: The same content in their public classes. Mann initially focused on elementary education and on training teachers. The common-school movement quickly gained strength across the North. Connecticut adopted a similar system in 1849, and Massachusetts passed a compulsory attendance law in 1852. Mann's crusading style attracted wide middle-class support. Historian Ellwood P. Cubberley asserts: No one did more than he to establish in

12183-542: The same method] were found to be similarly handicapped. In 1940, one-third of high school students were incapable of mastering reading and writing well enough to profit from textbook instruction, and one half of the adult population in the United States was functionally illiterate ". The backlash against " word method " culminated in a 1955 book Why Johnny Can't Read by Rudolf Flesch , in which he condemned this method for "treating children as if they were dogs" and recommended returning to teaching phonics . Nevertheless,

12314-467: The school a higher profile. On July 22, 2010, the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate voted to give the college university status and change its name to Bridgewater State University. The measure was signed into law by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick on July 28, 2010. Bridgewater State University is among America's oldest teacher education institutions, the first to have a building devoted to education of teachers. Bridgewater continues in

12445-418: The school more than $ 3.5 million and included lowering the main entrance on Park Avenue to street level, with the stairs being replaced by ramps for improved accessibility, installation of larger, more energy-efficient windows and doors, and interior upgrades. In April 2014, construction began on a new Welcome Center on Plymouth Street. The building is a two-story, 15,000-square-foot facility, and it houses

12576-418: The school, the board of education required people to attend three terms for fourteen consecutive weeks, establishing a year's course. The building was dedicated on August 19, 1846, with Horace Mann saying on the occasion: "Among all the lights and shadows that ever crossed my path, this day’s radiance is the brightest...I consider this event as marking an era in the progress of education—which as we all know

12707-536: The short-term toll and fare increases, but did not address the long-term funding gap. Patrick has been a supporter of the South Coast Rail Link project. In response to the influx of children from Central America crossing the US border in the summer of 2014, Patrick proposed taking 1,000 migrants to be housed at various sites in Massachusetts, until they can be processed at immigration centers. On September 24, 2009, Patrick appointed Paul G. Kirk as

12838-498: The slaves believe they can obtain their freedom by force, or when they are so elevated and enlarged in their moral conceptions as to appreciate that glorious supplication of Patrick Henry , 'Give me liberty or give me death!'" Mann's preferred method for the self-emancipation of the slaves was that free blacks should voluntarily form all-black communities of their own - either in Jamaica or in another Caribbean nation - or perhaps in

12969-594: The spheres." This first normal school established a professional standard for the preparation of teachers, breaking away from traditional academics for attendance. It was the next step toward establishing educational institutions for specific purposes. Bridgewater Normal School trained its students in elementary-school subjects; expansion subjects above the elementary level including mathematics, philosophy, and literature; and pedagogy, including philosophy of teaching and discipline based on child psychology, and as much practical experience under constant supervision as possible at

13100-456: The state gas tax by 19¢ per gallon to forestall Massachusetts Turnpike toll and MBTA fare increases, fully fund Regional Transit Authority and Turnpike operations, and address part of the capital shortfall identified by the TFC, but this was defeated in the state legislature. Instead, a sales tax increase of 1.25% was passed, with part of that dedicated to transportation. This was enough to prevent

13231-601: The state sales tax from 5% to 6.25%, raised the state's minimum wage from $ 8 per hour to $ 11 by 2017, and planned the introduction of casinos to the state. Under Patrick, Massachusetts joined the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions . Shortly after Patrick's second term began on January 6, 2011, he declared he would not seek re-election in 2014 . After his governorship, Patrick served as managing director at Bain Capital . He also served as

13362-481: The state so he could physically examine each school ground. He planned and inaugurated the Massachusetts normal school system in Lexington (which shortly thereafter moved to Framingham), Barre (which shortly thereafter moved to Westfield) and Bridgewater , and began preparing a series of annual reports, which had a wide circulation and were considered as being "among the best expositions, if, indeed, they are not

13493-431: The statehouse, and the additional monthly difference in his car lease. Later in the same month Patrick again came under fire, this time for contacting Citigroup Executive Committee chair and former Clinton Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin on behalf of the financially beleaguered mortgage company Ameriquest , a subsidiary of ACC Capital Holdings , that had been accused of predatory lending practices and of which Patrick

13624-485: The system he established in Massachusetts, especially the program for "normal schools" to train professional teachers. This quickly developed into a widespread form of school which later became known as the factory model school . In the spring of 1848 he was elected to the United States Congress as a Whig to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John Quincy Adams . His first speech in that role

13755-413: The tactics he used to win. These included allegations that he promised a subsequent vote on a bill that would allow slot machines at the state's four racetracks and the pre-vote promotions of six lawmakers who had been thought to support the bill, but either abstained or voted against the bill. DiMasi denied that any promise had been made on the race track bill and denied that the promotions were connected to

13886-438: The tenets of any particular set of Christians." Like many nineteenth century reformers, Horace Mann believed that "children would find it far more interesting and pleasurable to memorize words and read short sentences and stories without having to bother to learn the names of the letters". According to Diane Ravitch , he condemned the alphabet method, claiming that it was "repulsive and soul-deadening to children". He described

14017-610: The terms of a race discrimination settlement. Working with employees at all levels, Patrick and his Task Force examined and reformed Texaco's complex corporate employment culture, and created a model for fostering an equitable workplace. Some gay rights activists criticized him for his tenure on the United Airlines (UAL) board. During this time, the company originally fought an ordinance requiring that it offer domestic partnership benefits, but Patrick successfully encouraged UAL to offer such benefits to all employees, making it

14148-649: The tradition of being inaugurated in the House Chamber of the Massachusetts State House , Patrick and Murray took their oaths of office, and Patrick delivered his inaugural address, outdoors on the West Portico of the State House facing Boston Common . Doing this allowed a larger part of the public to witness the event, and was intended to signal a more open, transparent, and accessible government. In honor of his heritage, he took his oath of office on

14279-516: The undergraduate and transfer admissions offices, along with the university's financial aid offices. Construction of the Welcome Center was completed in the Spring of 2015. Renovations and additions to Woodward Hall began in June 2014 and finished shortly before the Fall 2014 semester commenced. The renovation included the installation of new floors, ceilings and walls, along with new bedroom furniture and

14410-513: The university in celebration of the science complex that would be completed the following January. On June 4, 2015, the university honored Patrick at the university's Golden Gala at the Boston Seaport World Trade Center and Patrick would return to the campus out of office on May 4, 2016, to meet with students from the university's new School for Global Inclusion and Social Development. As of 2005, Patrick favored

14541-472: The very best ones, of the practical benefits of a common school education both to the individual and to the state". By his advocacy of the disuse of corporal punishment in school discipline, he was involved in a controversy with some of the Boston teachers that resulted in the adoption of his views. In 1838, he founded and edited The Common School Journal . In this journal, Mann targeted the public school and its problems. His six main principles were: Under

14672-431: Was reelected in 2010 . During his governorship, Patrick oversaw the implementation of the state's 2006 health care reform program which had been enacted under Mitt Romney, increased funding to education and life sciences, won a federal Race to the Top education grant, passed an overhaul of governance of the state transportation function, signing a law to create the Massachusetts Department of Transportation , increased

14803-506: Was a farmer without much money. Mann was the great-grandson of Samuel Man . From age ten to age twenty, he had no more than six weeks' schooling during any year, but he made use of the Franklin Public Library , the first public library in America. He enrolled at Brown University when he was twenty years old and graduated in three years as valedictorian (1819). The theme of his oration was "The Progressive Character of

14934-723: Was a member of the Fly Club , with a Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude , in English and American literature, in 1978. At Harvard, Patrick won "Best Oralist" in the Ames Moot Court Competition , in 1981. Among the competition's judges was Judge Henry Friendly . Patrick graduated from Harvard Law School with a J.D. , cum laude , in 1982. He proceeded to fail the State Bar of California exam twice, before passing on his third try. Patrick then served as

15065-502: Was appointed one of the editors of the work and prepared its marginal notes and its references to judicial decisions. He was elected to the Massachusetts State Senate from Boston in 1835 and was its president in 1836–1837. As a member of the Senate, he spent time as the majority leader, and aimed his focus at infrastructure, funding the construction of railroads and canals. In 1830, Mann married Charlotte Messer,

15196-545: Was at first seen as a dark horse candidate , facing veteran politicians Thomas Reilly and Chris Gabrielli in the Democratic primary. Patrick secured the nomination in the September primary, winning 49% of the vote in the three-way race. In the general election, Patrick faced Republican lieutenant governor Kerry Healey and Independent Massachusetts Turnpike Commission member Christy Mihos . The general election

15327-474: Was built in 1964 and was named after the school's second principal. In 1967 Shea and Durgin Halls were built as co-ed dorms. In 1971 The Clement C. Maxwell Library was completed. In 1976 the tennis courts opened and students could enjoy movies on Sundays and Tuesdays for 25 to 75 cents. From 1970 to 1990 the college expanded and enrollment quadrupled. The number of faculty tripled. During this time, Education became

15458-406: Was chairman of its board of trustees. Mann continued to be returned to the legislature as a representative from Dedham until his removal to Boston in 1833. While in the legislature, he was a member and part of the time chairman of the committee for the revision of the state statutes, and a large number of salutary provisions were incorporated into the code at his suggestion. After their enactment, he

15589-647: Was charged with nonadherence to sectarianism because, previously a Congregationalist by upbringing, he joined the Unitarian Church . Mann was also drawn to Antioch because it was a coeducational institution, among the first in the country to teach men and women in the same classes, Mann and his wife had conflicts with female students, however, who came to Yellow Springs in search of greater equality. The young women chafed at restrictions on their behavior, and wanted to meet with men in literary societies, which Mann and his wife opposed. He collapsed shortly after

15720-550: Was engaged in a controversy with Daniel Webster concerning the extension of slavery and the Fugitive Slave Law , calling Webster's support for the Compromise of 1850 a "vile catastrophe", and comparing him to "Lucifer descending from Heaven". Mann was defeated by a single vote at the ensuing nominating convention by Webster's supporters; but, on appealing to the people as an independent anti-slavery candidate, he

15851-695: Was established in 2004. The journal has won many national awards, including multiple Gold Crown and Gold Circle awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association , and the 2006 and 2011 National Pacemaker Award for collegiate magazines from the Associated Collegiate Press . Horace Mann Horace Mann (May 4, 1796 – August 2, 1859) was an American educational reformer, slavery abolitionist and Whig politician known for his commitment to promoting public education , he

15982-521: Was forced to resign from his appointment to direct the newly formed Massachusetts Gaming Commission following reports of 2007 charges that he molested a child in Florida . Stan McGee was forced to return to his economic development post where he still oversees casino policies for the governor. The scandal resulted in the Massachusetts legislature passing a bill and overriding a veto by Patrick requiring background checks on casino regulators. In June 2014,

16113-434: Was in middle school , one of his teachers referred him to A Better Chance , a national non-profit organization for identifying, recruiting and developing leaders among academically gifted minority students, which enabled him to attend Milton Academy in Milton, Massachusetts . Patrick graduated from Milton Academy in 1974 and went on to attend college, the first in his family. He graduated from Harvard College , where he

16244-472: Was in advocacy of its right and duty to exclude slavery from the territories, and in a letter, in December of that year, he said: "I think the country is to experience serious times. Interference with slavery will excite civil commotion in the South. But it is best to interfere. Now is the time to see whether the Union is a rope of sand or a band of steel." Again he said: "I really think if we insist upon passing

16375-510: Was named partner in 1990, at the age of 34. While at Hill & Barlow, he managed high-profile engagements such as acting as Desiree Washington's attorney in her civil lawsuit against Mike Tyson . In 1994, President Bill Clinton nominated Patrick as the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division , and he was subsequently confirmed by the United States Senate . Federal affirmative action policy

16506-463: Was opposed for the Democratic nomination by Grace Ross , the 2006 Green-Rainbow nominee for governor , but she withdrew when she could not garner the number of signatures needed to run. Patrick bucked the national trend in the mid-term election, defeating Republican challenger Charlie Baker with 48.4% of the vote. Baker received 42.0% and Tim Cahill, a former Democratic state treasurer running as an independent, took 8.0%. Nationally, Republicans gained

16637-584: Was opposed to what he referred to as a casino culture, saying: "Do we want to usher in a casino culture– with rampant bankruptcies, crime and social ills– or do we want to create a better Massachusetts for all sectors of the society?" Casino gaming lobbying in Massachusetts has also received scrutiny for associations with the Jack Abramoff Indian lobbying scandal and efforts by the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe to secure rights to

16768-549: Was re-elected, serving from April 1848 until March 1853. Mann was a staunch opponent of slavery as a member of Congress; in a written address to an 1852 "Convention of the Colored Freemen of Ohio" he stated: [t]hat slavery is to continue always, it would be the grossest atheism to affirm. A belief in the existence of a just Governor of the Universe, includes a belief in the final and utter abolition of slavery." In

16899-439: Was the largest federal investigation in history until the time of 9/11. In the end, more than 100 arrests were made, but no evidence of national or regional conspiracy was found. In 1997, Patrick returned to Boston to join the firm of Day, Berry & Howard (later called Day Pitney LLP), and was appointed by the federal district court to serve as Chairman of Texaco 's Equality and Fairness Task Force to oversee implementation of

17030-418: Was under judicial and political review, and Patrick defended Clinton's policy. Patrick also worked on issues including racial profiling, police misconduct, and the treatment of incarcerated criminals." Between 1995 and 1997, Patrick coordinated an investigation into a series of arsons of predominantly black churches across the South. The investigation brought together a number of state and federal agencies, and

17161-476: Was very heated, described by former governor Michael Dukakis as "the dirtiest gubernatorial campaign in my memory". Patrick faced criticism for having once written letters to the parole board describing correspondence from Benjamin LaGuer , a man convicted of a brutal eight-hour rape, as "thoughtful, insightful, eloquent, [and] humane". Patrick contributed $ 5,000 towards the DNA testing which linked LaGuer to

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