These are today's five best
1. Here’s a simple strategy for staying on task when your work is interrupted.
By Peter Kelley at the University of Washington
2. Your babbling baby is learning to speak — and making you a better teacher.
By Jeff Tyson at Cornell University
3. To tackle gender bias in economics, we should start with the textbooks.
By Colleen Flaherty at Inside Higher Ed
4. Is there a link between social class and what society perceives as ‘wisdom?’
By Michael Price in Science
5. The world needs a new social contract.
By Sharan Burrow in World Economic Forum
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