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Con Chapman
Con Chapman is the author of “The Know-Nothing Amendments: Barriers to School Choice in Massachusetts” (Pioneer Institute), and “Rabbit’s Blues: The Life and Music of Johnny Hodges” (Oxford University Press), winner of the 2019 Book of the Year Award by Hot Club de France.
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Con Chapman
| Oct 26, 2021
Horace Mann’s legacy is literally carved in stone. Across America his name appears in lapidary form above schoolhouse doors, a signal accomplishment for someone who turned 20 without spending more than six weeks a year in classrooms. Mann rose from…