Instructions: Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Input: Sentence: The French government launched a new effort Thursday to heal social and religious fractures by better teaching children about secular values and steering them away from extremist propaganda , after French - born Islamic radicals shocked the nation in three days of terror attacks .<sep>Span: new effort
Output:
How was the French government handling the situation beforehand?