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Was Heritage a segregation academy?

Joseph Crespino said so in his 2007 book.^[1] Rhadow (talk) 10:42, 4 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Crespino, Joseph (2007). In Search of Another Country: Mississippi and the Conservative Counterrevolution. Princeton University Press. p. 241. ISBN 9780691122090. Retrieved 4 January 2018. ..."receiving tax exemptions, all but one enrolled only white students; the sole exception was an all-black private school." Table 8.1 includes Heritage.

Thanks, Rhadow. This is an instance where I know the statement to be true (original research) but am in search of sources that say so explicitly. There should be many. One in the article [1] comes close, but is vague. I wonder if user:Alf.laylah.wa.laylah, who I believe introduced the statement, knows of a better source? Unfortunately, many of the best sources are not digital open-access, and not in my local library system. I do have a couple of books on hand I haven't read yet though....Jacona (talk) 11:45, 4 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The entire topic of segregation academy was thoughtfully criticized this morning. I point you to Talk:Segregation_academy#Corrections_and_consistency. On that talk page, we can discuss the general nature of this family of articles. We would do well to collect a core set of references with lists in them. Crespino is a good one for Mississippi. The Commission on Civil Rights series works nationwide. Membership in the various accreditation bodies provides good leads. Rhadow (talk) 12:27, 4 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Rhadow: @JaconaFrere: The tables in the book cited by Rhadow are from Coffey v. State Educational Finance Commission. There are two intesting columns in the first table in the appendix of the decision. Column 5 is checked if the court felt that the school would refuse to admit black students. Column 6 is checked if the court found that the school was formed to serve the white comunity. For all the schools except Heritage Academy, at least one of boxes is checked. As such, I can see why someone would argue that the book does not support the claim that this school was a seg academy

On a related topic, I've been meaning to write an article on Coffey vs State Education Finance Commission for some time. Billhpike (talk) 03:13, 5 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'm looking forward to seeing that article!Jacona (talk) 12:10, 5 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Secondary schools

The definition of secondary school is unambiguous, and it approximateshigh school A vocational school is clearly not college preparatory. It is pointless to try to distinguish high school from college preparatory, though. Rhadow (talk) 13:58, 10 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I believe that the the vast majority of high schools in the U.S., both public schools and any private high schools of any size, have offered a college preparatory track for decades, whether with or without a basic or a vocational track available as well; as far as I know, the term has no legally-enforced meaning. So, in the context of the United States, it's Wikipedia:Puffery. My experience has been that, nearly every time I see "college preparatory" in a U.S. high school intro, it's a red flag that someone with a conflict of interest has made the article match the school's "marketing" points — either staff, or occasionally students given a mandatory assignment to "improve" the school's own article by using the school's marketing content. In this article's case, I assume this phrase was left over from when the article was advertising-ridden in the past. --Closeapple (talk) 19:10, 10 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

[jc2007-1] Crespino, Joseph (2007). In Search of Another Country: Mississippi and the Conservative Counterrevolution. Princeton University Press. p. 241. ISBN 9780691122090. Retrieved 4 January 2018. ..."receiving tax exemptions, all but one enrolled only white students; the sole exception was an all-black private school." Table 8.1 includes Heritage.

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