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=__Jane Elliott__=

[|Jane Elliott]

Jane Elliott created an experiment following the death of Dr. Martin Luther King to express to her students how hurtful discrimination can be in all forms. She told her mainly caucasion classroom in Riceville, Iowa that all blue-eyed individuals would receive preferential treatment that day simply for being born with blue eyes. Those with brown eyes, or "brownies", would have to wear an armband distinguishing them from the blue eyed students. At recess, a fight between two students broke out. Ms. Elliott questioned the brown-eyed student, asking him how it made him feel. The original footage from the experiment and follow up in 1988 is available on YouTube, but due to time restrictions, I feel that this interview with her summarizes her motivation for the experiment and gives insight as to why she felt diversity training should be integrated in her classroom. media type="youtube" key="mDsoMx4kIRA" height="505" width="640" As a teacher trained in psychology, Ms. Elliott has now produced many videos based on her experiments and provides lectures, training videos and workshops. More information can be found on her website: www.janeelliot.com PBS has done an excellent series on her, providing footage from her experiments. The webpage can be viewed at: [] for further exploration. We can discuss further which information we would like to include.

There is an excellent bio/overview of Ms. Elliott from a webpage on the Greenville, South Carolina YWCA website: []

An interesting page reviewing Ms. Elliott's videos: []

There is a strange but valuable web-site that provides quotations from "brainy" people. However, there is a soap opera actress as well as our Ms. Elliot, and I do believe that the educator's comments have been mixed and attributed to the actress's. Judge for yourself: []

=__Linda Darling-Hammond__=

Linda Darling-Hammond has been an activist for providing all children, no matter what background, a quality education with well-trained and qualified teachers. She has established numerous programs at Stanford University's School of Education and has served on ground-breaking councils to reconfigure how teachers are trained and students are assessed. She was the education advisor for now-president Barack Obama's campaign, and many thought the prime candidate for Secretary of Education.

As executive director for the National Commission on Teaching & America's Future, many of Ms. Darling-Hammond's reform policies are outlined in the actual report, which can be accessed here: []

She is outspoken about educational standards and reform, and most of her speeches from the 2008 Presidential election debates can be viewed on YouTube. I preferred a somewhat promotional video from Stanford University. She is featured with other professors as they describe how they are trying to implement programs to educate future educators as well as students in their community. It is eloquent and somewhat inspirational.

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There is also an excellent interview with Ms. Darling-Hammond on PBS. Here is a link to the page: []

At [], there are articles based on her research as well as information on her studies and videos of her speaking. I also like this video and website for further information!

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Most of Linda-Darling Hammond's published work is in Michener if we are interested in directly quoting her.