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1. Making it easier to fire teachers probably won’t fix American education.
By Sarah Carr in the Los Angeles Times
2. America can open elite colleges to our veterans. Here’s how.
By Jackie Judd at PBS Newshour
3. We shouldn’t be crowdfunding for essential public goods. We should just fund them.
By Peter Moskowitz in Wired
4. Should we stop fighting invasive species?
By Lorraine Boissoneault in Nautilus
5. American exceptionalism doesn’t mean we’re always right. It means we always try.
By David McCormick in War on the Rocks
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