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Private Aid to Public Schools: The Peabody Fund in Florida, 1867–1880

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 February 2017

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Increased subsidization of education by foundations, corporations, and individuals, as well as the federal government, has caused many citizens again to question the influence of such programs. The thoughtful individual inquires about both the positive and negative potential of aid to education: the capacity to improve public education, as well as to weaken local and state interest in, and control of, the schools. Hence, it appears timely to review an early program of aid to public schools, that of the Peabody Education Fund, and to analyze its effects upon educational programs and local initiative.

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Research Article
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Copyright © 1961, University of Pittsburgh Press 

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Notes

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