1. How can America’s schools tackle their equity problem?
By Danielle Gonzales and Ross Wiener in Education Week
2. Researchers are taking a lesson from impact-resistant conch shells to improve body armor.
By David L. Chandler at MIT News
3. To really guard against hackers, we should maintain our analog infrastructure.
By Emily Frye and Quentin Hodgson at Mitre Corporation
4. Could watching too much news make you more racist?
By James Watkins in Ozy
5. Democratic presidential hopefuls should ignore Iowa and New Hampshire, and look to the deep south.
By Conor Sen in Bloomberg View

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