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Shelby County commissioner questions link between Herenton's charter schools, Texas group


By Clay Bailey, Jane Roberts
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
County Commissioner Terry Roland wants answers about whether a charter school group headed by former Memphis mayor Willie Herenton is linked to Harmony Public Schools -- a Texas-based group with a controversial past and questionable affiliation.
On Monday, Roland asked the County Attorney's Office to look into any connection between Herenton's W.E.B. DuBois Consortium of Charter Schools and Harmony.
He also wanted to know of any association between Harmony and Fethullah Gulen, an Islamic cleric described in a recent New York Times article as "a charismatic Turkish