NotableThe old education playbook won’t save today’s students. “Test-based accountability policies were not sufficient decades ago. They are even less adequate now.” — Ross Wiener, an independent education policy consultant Would you want to know your baby’s genetic future? “The job now, before sequencing newborns becomes widespread, is to build a system that can support every family.” — Daniela Lamas, a contributing Opinion writer What YouTube movies have to teach Hollywood. “These kinds of tectonic shifts — in film, music, art, theater, indeed in all forms of pop culture — happen when a new generation of artists, often working with new mediums, plugs in to a burgeoning youth culture aesthetic and expresses it with fresh authenticity.” — Tom Rothman, the chief executive and chairman of Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group Spotlight
Brexit Left Britain Poorer, Angry and AloneLeaving the European Union was supposed to let Britain return to a time when it still counted as a global power. A decade later, the costs are blindingly apparent. ICYMIElon Musk confirms ancient concerns about the superrich. “Plato was acutely aware that ideal solutions, such as his 4-to-1 wealth ratio, are impossible to carry out where great inequality already exists. But he did not encourage legislators and citizens to throw up their hands in surrender.” — David Lay Williams, a professor of political science at DePaul University More in OpinionWe hope you’ve enjoyed this newsletter, which is made possible through subscriber support. Subscribe to The New York Times.
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