--- description: Reforming anti-Muslim policies in Kenya, Medicaid and dental care, the financial early warning system, Syrian views on coalition airstrikes, and more. title: These Are Today's Best Ideas image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Innovation](/tag/innovation/) ## Innovation Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Five Best Ideas of the Day: September 26 by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 26, 2014 4:01 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 26, 2014 4:01 PM CUT **1\.** [**Al-Shabaab is stronger a year after their horrific attack on a mall in Kenya, thriving on widespread resentment of Kenyan anti-Muslim policies which must be reformed.**](http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/regions/africa/horn-of-africa/kenya/b102-kenya-al-shabaab-closer-to-home.aspx "undefined") By the International Crisis Group **2\.** [**The unnecessary separation of oral care from the rest of medical care under Medicaid puts the poor at risk of worse health and even death.**](http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/09/why-dont-we-treat-teeth-like-the-rest-of-our-bodies/380703/2/ "undefined") By Olga Khazan in the Atlantic **3\.** [**In these views from activists and intellectuals in Syria, we see rueful themes of a hijacked revolution and an intervention that may be coming too late.**](http://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/war-isis-views-from-syrian-activists-and-intellectuals "undefined") By Danny Postel in Dissent **4\.** [**Adding a way to assess learning for students is the key to making education games work for schools.**](http://www.gamesandlearning.org/2014/09/11/assessment-may-hold-key-to-game-developers-unlocking-the-lucrative-school-market/ "undefined") By Lee Banville in Games and Learning **5\.** [**The toothless early warning system designed to head off future financial crises must be strengthened or it risks missing the next market cataclysm.**](http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-09-22/how-to-fix-our-financial-early-warning-system "undefined") By the Editors of Bloomberg View  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/ "undefined") _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3432740/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-september-26/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3432740/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-september-26/"},"headline":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: September 26","datePublished":"2014-09-26T16:01:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:07:39.838Z","description":"Reforming anti-Muslim policies in Kenya, Medicaid and dental care, the financial early warning system, Syrian views on coalition airstrikes, and more.","url":"https://time.com/3432740/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-september-26/","keywords":["Innovation","Africa","Education","Games","Syria","Obama","Terrorism","Treasury","Free Syrian Army","Security","Doctor","finance","Kenya","Dentist","Medicaid","learning","Capitalism","market","Al-Shabaab","Islamic State"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3432740/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-september-26/","name":"Five Best Ideas of the Day: September 26"}}]}] ```