1. Don’t conflate a cause with its celebrity.
By Kriss Dieglmeier at the Tides Foundation
2. Handwashing and Ebola: Understanding the power of a proven public health intervention.
By Hanna Woodburn in Ebola Deeply
By Jeffrey Toobin in the New Yorker
4. It’s vital that new pre-K initiatives are designed to build a high-quality foundation for learning.
By Beverly Falk in Hechinger Report
By Tanvi Misra in Citylab
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