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 ...
The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968 prompted educator Jane Elliott to create the now-famous "blue eyes/brown eyes exercise." As a school teacher in the small town of Riceville, Iowa, ...
RICEVILLE - The third-graders in Jane Elliott's Riceville classroom were scheduled to study an American Indian meditation on April 5, 1968. But the night before - after learning that civil rights ...
RICEVILLE - The author who sparked controversy with his account of cultural tensions in Postville is tackling what he predicts will be an equally touchy subject. University of Iowa journalism ...
SAN ANTONIO (KABB/WOAI) - A local congressman is demanding answers from Northside Independent School District leaders after a controversial lesson on racism. News 4 Troubleshooter Jaie Avila uncovered ...
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.