Brooke Kroeger, author portrait
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Brooke Kroeger

BROOKE KROEGER was UN correspondent for Newsday, deputy metropolitan editor at New York Newsday, and for more than a decade a correspondent, editor, and bureau chief for UPI both at home and abroad. She is a professor emerita of journalism at New York University, where she taught from 1998 to 2021, and serves on the editorial board of American Journalism: A Journal of Media History. She is the author of five books.
Undaunted

Books

Undaunted

Books for Black History Month

In honor of Black History Month this February, we are highlighting essential fiction and nonfiction for students, teachers, and parents to share and discuss this month and beyond. Join Penguin Random House Education in celebrating the contributions of Black authors and illustrators by exploring the titles here: BLACK HISTORY – MIDDLE SCHOOL BLACK HISTORY –

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New Thematic Educator Guides: Teaching Women’s History

In recent years, educators have emphasized the importance of teaching women’s history as a way to address historical silences and confront contemporary challenges to gender equity. Despite being told that “girls can be anything,” students still encounter women appearing as exceptions rather than central figures shaping history and society. In the urgency of this moment,

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