Taking out criminal group leaders, lessons from China’s 20th Party Congress, and how school districts are attracting and retaining staff.
How 100 large and urban districts are attracting and retaining staff The 2022-2023 school year’s staff shortages have dominated back-to-school conversations and gained the attention of federal policymakers. Lisa Chu and Chelsey Shen outline how districts are planning to address staff recruitment and retention challenges, writing that districts will need to think bigger and more long-term to tackle the root of lingering challenges. Read more | High-value targeting strategies around the world High value targeting is built around the notion that taking out the leaders of terrorist, insurgent, militia, and criminal groups will defang the group’s operational capacity and make the organization easier to defeat. Vanda Felbab-Brown discusses how this method has been used globally and its problematic side effects. Read more | 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. | |