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1. Kids don’t need a digital echo chamber. They need to learn how to disagree and stay civil.
By Alexandra Samuel in JSTOR Daily
By Jessica Tuchman Mathews at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
3. The market alone cannot banish poverty.
By Richard V. Reeves at the Brookings Institution
4. Can listening to podcasts help students learn?
By Michael Godsey in the Atlantic
5. Want to make basketball better? Get rid of the free throw.
By Shannon Sims in Ozy

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