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.
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).
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.