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Peer reviewedVinovskis, Maris A. – American Behavioral Scientist, 1992
Discusses nineteenth-century U.S. efforts to educate poor children. Describes educational expansion during the period, which included monitorial charity schools, Sunday schools, and infant schools. Reviews antebellum perspectives on poverty and education. Examines school attendance in 1860 and the relationship between education and social…
Descriptors: Economic Opportunities, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational History, Educational Objectives
