These are today's best ideas
1. Why students would do better without middle school.
By Anya Kamenetz at NPR
2. Here’s how to make pediatric medicine better for kids.
By Cari Romm in the Science of Us
3. Like it or not, America needs Saudi Arabia.
By Michael Stephens and Thomas Juneau in Lawfare
4. Fight our disposable culture with tax breaks for fixing — instead of tossing out — old stuff.
By Charlie Sorrel in Fast Company
5. For accountability, California will collect data every time police use force.
By Amanda Lee Myers at the Associated Press
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