What was a major goal of the common schools movement?


To establish a set of values that would be acceptable to both secular and religious institutions

To establish the opportunity for caregivers to choose to school their children at home, or not school them at all, if they wished

To establish academic standards to make sure children across the country were all learning the same concepts and skills

To establish public schools in order to give all children, regardless of financial or cultural background, access to an education