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1. What if we obsessed over teachers — and paid them — like we do athletes?
By Ryan Stewart (and Key & Peele) in Sojourners
2. Can we really find future terrorists by spying on schoolkids? Should we?
By Diane Taylor in the Guardian
3. By all means, fight corruption. But don’t expect it to end poverty.
By Ricardo Hausmann in Project Syndicate
4. The FBI’s revolutionary tool for catching violent criminals might work — if anyone used it.
By T. Christian Miller in ProPublica
5. Scientists are developing an X-ray pill you can swallow.
By Mike Murphy in Quartz
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