Are “Micro-Schools” the Future of Education?

1. Are personalized “micro-schools” the future of education?

By Anya Kamenetz at NPR

2. Millions of Americans get tests, drugs, and operations that won’t make them better.

By Atul Gawande in the New Yorker

3. Can bacteria help us fight the ravages of climate change?

By Esther Ngumbi in Scientific American

4. Here’s a drone you can fly with your phone, from the designer of the Roomba.

By Jessica Leber in Fast Co.Exist

5. What’s killing the growth of mobile banking?

By Herb Weisbaum in NBC News

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