Original sentence: In 1852, he supported governor Edward Everett in the decision to adopt the Prussian education system in Massachusetts.In carrying out his work, Mann met with bitter opposition by some Boston schoolmasters who strongly disapproved of his pedagogy and innovations , and by various religious sectarians, who contended against the exclusion of all sectarian instruction from the schools.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
Edited sentence: As Governor of Massachusetts, Everett had to deal with the problem of the influx of poor Irish Catholics into his state.Implementation of the Prussian system was to become the goal of Edward Everett, America's first Ph.In 1852, as a strong advocate of the Prussian education system, he supported Edward Everett in the decision to adopt the Prussian system of education in Massachusetts.In a "blitzkrieg" action with no debate, public hearing, or citizen involvement, government forced schooling was on its way in America.In carrying out his work, Mann was met with bitter opposition, attacked particularly by certain schoolmasters of Boston who strongly disapproved of his pedagogy and innovations, and by various religious sectarians, who contended against the exclusion of all sectarian instruction from the schools.Incredibly, within two weeks he declared the system a total success and took control of the entire education system in the State of New York.The Everetts of the world understood that people who could read and understand are dangerous because they are intellectually equipped to find out things for themselves, thus becoming a threat to already established power elites.The practical result of his work was the virtual revolutionizing of the common school system of Massachusetts and indirectly of the common school systems of other states.Unfortunately for the children and poor Irish Catholics of Massachusetts and elsewhere, the system produced a willing, cheap labor force with minimal reading and numbers skills