{"id":1474,"date":"2011-09-27T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-27T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/detracking-troup-county-according-to-terry-jenkins.html"},"modified":"2011-09-27T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-09-27T12:00:00","slug":"detracking-troup-county-according-to-terry-jenkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/detracking-troup-county-according-to-terry-jenkins.html","title":{"rendered":"Detracking Troup County, according to Terry Jenkins"},"content":{"rendered":"In Troup County, school &#8220;unification&#8221; was all about race and desegregation,\naccording to the speaker our local Chamber is bringing in\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/09\/chamber-punts-for-cuee.html\">\nTuesday evening<\/a>.\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.education.auburn.edu\/alumni\/alumniawards.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/www.education.auburn.edu\/images_EDUC\/people\/nac_officialportraits_150x200\/jenkins.jpg\"><\/a>\nDr. Terry Jenkins, co-authored an interesting paper in 1997,\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/1066568970300207\">\nDetracking Troup County: Providing an Exemplary Curriculum for All Students.<\/a>\n<blockquote>\nAs series of decisions, not unrelated to race, made by the &#8220;white fathers&#8221; of\nthe city of LaGrange, led the citizens of the city to vote their school system\nout of existence and to become a part of the county system.\n<\/blockquote>\nThe quotes around &#8220;white fathers&#8221; are in the paper.\n<p>\nHm, back when I first encountered CUEE, they were speaking to SCLC in Valdosta\nlate last year, Rusty Griffin among them, and the theme was desegregation.\nThey did not receive a warm welcome.\nFunny how CUEE changed its tune to &#8220;unification&#8221; after that.\n<p>\nBut the local &#8220;white fathers&#8221; are still insisting on making decisions\nfor all of us.\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In Troup County, school &#8220;unification&#8221; was all about race and desegregation, according to the speaker our local Chamber is bringing in Tuesday evening. Dr. Terry Jenkins, co-authored an interesting paper in 1997, Detracking Troup County: Providing an Exemplary Curriculum for All Students. 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