Macron’s frenetic foreign policy, preparing students and educators for the metaverse, and a look at Black businesses in U.S. metro areas.
| Black-owned businesses in US cities: The challenges, solutions, and opportunities What can metro areas gain with more Black-owned businesses? How did the pandemic affect Black businesses and how did policy failures inhibit them from getting crucial aid? Andre Perry, Regina Seo, Anthony Barr, Carl Romer, and Kristen Broady answer these questions and recommend structural changes that will enable the U.S. economy to work for all entrepreneurs. Read more |
| A whole new world: Education meets the metaverse The metaverse is upon us. To maximize the new learning opportunities brought by this technology’s immersive and imaginary worlds, we must think about the ways we educate children and prepare teachers. In a new policy brief, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and her co-authors outline how the metaverse can be used in schools, important lessons from education apps, key shortcomings to address, and more. Read more |
| Monsieur Fixit “As his first term comes to an end, no one can deny that Macron has transformed the way France asserts its leadership in Europe and internationally. Arriving in office declaring that he is beholden to no particular ideology, he has not let historic allegiances, customs, or his own inexperience get in the way of his ambitions. With time, however, Macron has paid a growing price for his impatient pragmatism,” writes Célia Belin in her op-ed about the French president’s frenetic foreign policy. Read in Foreign Affairs |
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