Roger Brooks
Cognoscenti contributor
Roger Brooks is the CEO of Facing History and Ourselves, a Boston-based learning community of more than 100,000 teachers, millions of students and community supporters worldwide.
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'There Is Grave Danger In Proscribing The Narrative': Teaching America's Complicated History
We imperil our nation and jeopardize its growth if we fail to confront and learn from the entirety of the American experience, writes Roger Brooks, no matter how painful or...
The Danger Of Letting Your Universe Shrink During The Pandemic
Discrimination against Asians reminds us that we should invest in the world when we can, writes Roger Brooks.
Teaching Our Children To Fight 'Baseless Hatreds'
I’ve shouldered the burden of confronting anti-Semitic slurs, writes Roger Brooks, but sometimes I’ve just blushed, feeling powerless to do or say anything.
Americans Are Forgetting About The Holocaust. Here's Why That Matters
Knowledge of the Holocaust needs to be in service of producing a less fragile democracy, writes Roger Brooks, in which bigotry and hatred are less and less likely.