Plus, why brain health and skills are vital in the modern economy and strategies to boost teacher agency.
| 6 months on: What is the impact of the war in Gaza? "Instead of reducing U.S. involvement in the Middle East as the Biden administration had sought, it now finds itself tending to the very type of threats from which it wanted to walk away," writes Vanda Felbab-Brown. In a new compilation piece, Brookings Foreign Policy experts reflect on the war in Gaza and the humanitarian crisis. The scholars discuss U.S. arms sales to Israel, a two-state solution, regional security dynamics, and other pressing issues connected to the conflict. |
| More research and commentary The importance of teacher agency. The concept of "teacher agency" is popular again in education reform conversations. Brad Olsen and John McIntosh explain what teacher agency is and how it can improve education around the world. Four ways to make our economy brain healthy. Brain health and brain skills are vital in today's economy. Carol Graham and co-authors share how to strengthen brain capital through reforms to food systems, workplace health initiatives, and more. |
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