Have We Underestimated the Extent of Antebellum High School Attendance?.

Vinovskis, Maris A.

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Publication Date: 1988

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Have We Underestimated the Extent of Antebellum High School Attendance?

Vinovskis, Maris A.

History of Education Quarterly, v28 n4 p551-67 Win 1988

Utilizing extensive individual-level data files to examine antebellum school attendance in Newburyport (Massachusetts), a procedure was devised to estimate school attendance in Essex County (Massachusetts), during the period 1860-61. Concludes that a substantial minority of antebellum youth attended high school in Massachusetts communities. (SLM)

Descriptors: Attendance, Educational History, Educational Research, Enrollment, High Schools, Primary Sources, Private Schools, Public Schools

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Massachusetts

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