Preventing School Shootings, African Innovation, and More

Faith and gender equality, investment in science and technology in Africa, and what we know about school shootings.

View in browser January 31, 2022 School shootings: What we know about them, and what we can do to prevent them   What are the problems that appear to underlie school shootings? How can we better respond to students that are in need? Robin Kowalski considers these key questions to help prevent future tragedies in American schools.   Read more Investment in science and technology is key to an African economic boom   "Without the economic and scientific infrastructure necessary for innovation, [Africa] has continued to rely on the colonial development model of resource extraction, which is both unsustainable and largely responsible for its debilitating poverty and aid dependency," write Ameenah Gurib-Fakim and Landry Signé.   Read more Listen: Faith and gender equality   Faith can have an enormously harmful influence on women, but it can also open the door to powerful possibilities for transformation. On the latest episode of the 17 Rooms podcast, Jean Duff and Blessing Omakwu discuss their efforts to accelerate the positive influence of faith actors for gender equality.   Listen to the podcast Help support Brookings with a donation   Brookings is committed to making its high-quality, independent policy research free to the public. Please consider making a contribution today to our Annual Fund to support our experts' work. The conclusions and recommendations of any Brookings publication are solely those of its author(s), and do not reflect the views of the Institution, its management, or its other scholars. The Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036 Unsubscribe Manage your newsletter preferences | Receive the Brookings Brief less often