Legacy and Honors
- 1986, Wigginton was named "Georgia Teacher of the Year"
- 1989, he was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship
- The Foxfire Fund, museum and local public school continue the work
- The Foxfire project was adopted by the public school, and by 1998 was used by 37 school systems nationwide in the US
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