--- title: Five Best Ideas of the Day: February 24 description: How farming eases the return from war, fighting sexual harassment on campus in Egypt, how parents block tech progress at school and more. canonical: https://time.com/3720215/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-february-24/ author: TIME article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-24T17:01:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:05:26.258Z article:section: Ideas og:title: These Are Today's Best Ideas og:description: How farming eases the return from war, fighting sexual harassment on campus in Egypt, how parents block tech progress at school and more og:url: https://time.com/3720215/five-best-ideas-of-the-day-february-24/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These Are Today's Best Ideas twitter:description: How farming eases the return from war, fighting sexual harassment on campus in Egypt, how parents block tech progress at school and more twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Five Best Ideas of the Day: February 24 > Sponsored content. 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