Salman Khan (the educator, not the Bollywood actor) is changing the very foundation of how eduction is delivered between a teacher and student, from his small desk in his home, without a PhD or years serving in academia.

FORBES: No PhD Required

Educationalists have spoken of the need to make schools safer, with metal detectors, security guards and conveniently placed cell phones (one Columbine student, cowering under a desk, failed to get through to the police but managed to use his cell phone to talk to a television station).

ECONOMIST: The lesson nobody learns

Both the House and the Senate have recently passed bills to reform student lending, and observers think a final bill may land on the president's desk in a month.

ECONOMIST: A radical sort-out for the beer-and-book money