What did leaders of the public school movement work to establish?
a. tax supported schools.
b. low tuition colleges.
c. free text books
d. better private schools.

Good Morning! Public schools in the United States were born of a dream of several individuals. The leader of the main movement was Horace Mann, who advocated that the state finance public education through taxes collected. Thus, the idea was to get the taxpayer (in this case, the taxpayer) to send his money to the government to direct him to spending on this type of school. a) tax supported schools. Hugs!