how did Horace Mann contribute to the reform in education?

a. His pressure on the state legislator provided money to fund new schools and increased teachers pay.
b. His radical classroom equality gave African-Americans a chance to get an education.
c. His educational philosophy led to a new approach to educating the deaf.
d. his development of books with raised letters, aided in the education of the blind.

a. His pressure on the state legislator provided money to fund new schools and increased teachers pay.