If you are a Lawrence Lessig (fair use, copyright) fan, you may enjoy a recent argument he advances based on the concept of “remixing“. As I understand the position, certain examples of remixing are allowed and some are not. He presents this as an inconsistency.
School Matters offers a web site allowing a detailed look into the finances and performance of K-12 schools at the state and even district level. You can actually access detailed information about school performance, how much money is spend per student, how money is spend, etc. at many levels of detail. You can supposedly identify the high performance schools in your region (although these data were not available for North Dakota :)). You can even determine the average adult salary in the state. I am trying to understand the motivation behind this site, but it is fun to see how your old high school is doing.