Jane Elliott (née Jennison; [2][3] born November 30, 1933) is an American diversity educator. As a schoolteacher, she became known for her "Blue eyes/Brown eyes" exercise, which she first conducted with her third-grade class [a] on April 5, 1968, the …

Jane Elliott, internationally known teacher, lecturer, diversity trainer, and recipient of the National Mental Health Association Award for Excellence in Education, exposes prejudice and bigotry for what it is, an irrational class system based upon purely arbitrary factors.

Apr 5, 2024 · Jane Elliott, seen during a 2019 interview with CNN, says it's her mission to speak out against racism. Jane Elliott will never forget her sister’s April 4, 1968, phone call telling her the...

Jane Elliott: Pioneer in Anti-Racism Education Early Life and Career. Jane Elliott was born in Riceville, Iowa, in 1933. In the 1960s, she began her career as a third-grade teacher in a predominantly white school. Elliott believed in the importance of instilling racial tolerance in children at a young age.

17 hours ago · Iowan Jane Elliott is renowned for her pioneering work in anti-racism education. Elliott achieved celebrity for her "blue eyes/brown eyes" exercise, which she first conducted in 1968 with her ...

Sep 19, 2022 · In 1968, schoolteacher Jane Elliott decided to divide her classroom into students with blue eyes and students with brown eyes. The experiment, known as Blue Eyes Brown Eyes experiment, is regarded as an eye-opening way for children to …

Jan 1, 2003 · From the vantage point of more than thirty years since she first taught her eye-color exercise in discrimination to a third-grade class in Riceville, Iowa, Jane Elliott reflects on what she has...

Jane Elliott has been exposing racist thinking for more than 50 years using eye color. Some think her methodology is too harsh. She couldn't care less.

Jul 4, 2020 · As protests against racism started sweeping across America and rest of the world, clips of Jane Elliott, a schoolteacher turned anti-racism educator, began circulating on social media.

Nov 17, 2017 · Jane Elliott is 84 years old, a tiny woman with white hair, wire-rim glasses and little patience. She has been talking about how ridiculous it is to judge someone based on the...