Five Best Ideas of the Day October 22
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, 3. President Obama has remade the federal courts by appointing more women and non-white judges than ever before. The impact will far outlast his administration. 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, 5. Trafficked workers  who often enter the country legally before being exploited  power many American cities. By Tanvi Misra in Citylab