The killing of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, was a seismic event, a turning point that compelled many Americans to do something and do it with urgency. Many educators responded by holding mandatory ...
Today’s heated arguments about critical race theory shouldn’t surprise us because they aren’t new. Indeed, one of the best-known classroom experiments to combat racism remains a divisive subject more ...
Stephen G. Bloom does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
RICEVILLE — This year is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr. It’s also the 50th anniversary of Jane Elliott’s Blue Eyes-Brown Eyes experiment. The ...
Fifty years ago, I was a young teacher in the quiet farm town of Hatfield, Massachusetts. Across the Connecticut River, the towers of UMass stood tall against the horizon. On that campus, student ...
On the morning of April 5, 1968, Jane Elliott was teaching third grade in the small Iowa town of Riceville. It was the day after civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. After ...
The killing of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, was a seismic event, a turning point that compelled many Americans to do something and do it with urgency. Many educators responded by holding mandatory ...