Tanya Mosley

You know, I'm just curious. I mean, calls for education reform, I mean, they've been happening really since even before the formation of the Department of Education. So this is not necessarily something that feels new or novel. I mean, there is a desire from both sides. It's bipartisan to really look and streamline and provide a better way for educational opportunity in the United States. And

You know, I'm just curious. I mean, calls for education reform, I mean, they've been happening really since even before the formation of the Department of Education. So this is not necessarily something that feels new or novel. I mean, there is a desire from both sides. It's bipartisan to really look and streamline and provide a better way for educational opportunity in the United States. And

You know, I'm just curious. I mean, calls for education reform, I mean, they've been happening really since even before the formation of the Department of Education. So this is not necessarily something that feels new or novel. I mean, there is a desire from both sides. It's bipartisan to really look and streamline and provide a better way for educational opportunity in the United States. And

some see some of the roadblocks and the bureaucracy as a block to that.

some see some of the roadblocks and the bureaucracy as a block to that.

some see some of the roadblocks and the bureaucracy as a block to that.

Laura Meckler, thank you so much for your reporting and your time. Thanks so much for having me. Laura Meckler is a national education writer for The Washington Post. Our conversation was recorded yesterday. Coming up, TV critic David Bianculli reviews A Thousand Blows, the new historical drama series from Peaky Blinders creator Stephen Knight. This is Fresh Air.

Laura Meckler, thank you so much for your reporting and your time. Thanks so much for having me. Laura Meckler is a national education writer for The Washington Post. Our conversation was recorded yesterday. Coming up, TV critic David Bianculli reviews A Thousand Blows, the new historical drama series from Peaky Blinders creator Stephen Knight. This is Fresh Air.

Laura Meckler, thank you so much for your reporting and your time. Thanks so much for having me. Laura Meckler is a national education writer for The Washington Post. Our conversation was recorded yesterday. Coming up, TV critic David Bianculli reviews A Thousand Blows, the new historical drama series from Peaky Blinders creator Stephen Knight. This is Fresh Air.

Stephen Knight, creator of the long-running, much-acclaimed British TV series Peaky Blinders, has a new period drama that's come to the United States. It's called A Thousand Blows, and it's about tough yet vulnerable characters trying to survive and thrive in Victorian-era East End London. Our TV critic David Bianculli has this review.

Stephen Knight, creator of the long-running, much-acclaimed British TV series Peaky Blinders, has a new period drama that's come to the United States. It's called A Thousand Blows, and it's about tough yet vulnerable characters trying to survive and thrive in Victorian-era East End London. Our TV critic David Bianculli has this review.

Stephen Knight, creator of the long-running, much-acclaimed British TV series Peaky Blinders, has a new period drama that's come to the United States. It's called A Thousand Blows, and it's about tough yet vulnerable characters trying to survive and thrive in Victorian-era East End London. Our TV critic David Bianculli has this review.

David Bianculli is a professor of television studies at Rowan University. He reviewed A Thousand Blows, now streaming on Hulu. Tomorrow on Fresh Air, we remember South African playwright Athol Fugard, whose plays were about the emotional and psychological consequences of apartheid.

David Bianculli is a professor of television studies at Rowan University. He reviewed A Thousand Blows, now streaming on Hulu. Tomorrow on Fresh Air, we remember South African playwright Athol Fugard, whose plays were about the emotional and psychological consequences of apartheid.

David Bianculli is a professor of television studies at Rowan University. He reviewed A Thousand Blows, now streaming on Hulu. Tomorrow on Fresh Air, we remember South African playwright Athol Fugard, whose plays were about the emotional and psychological consequences of apartheid.

And we remember songwriter and singer Jerry Butler, who sang with Curtis Mayfield in The Impressions before going solo. I hope you can join us. Fresh Air's executive producer is Danny Miller. Our technical director and engineer is Audrey Bentham. Our managing producer is Sam Brigger.

And we remember songwriter and singer Jerry Butler, who sang with Curtis Mayfield in The Impressions before going solo. I hope you can join us. Fresh Air's executive producer is Danny Miller. Our technical director and engineer is Audrey Bentham. Our managing producer is Sam Brigger.

And we remember songwriter and singer Jerry Butler, who sang with Curtis Mayfield in The Impressions before going solo. I hope you can join us. Fresh Air's executive producer is Danny Miller. Our technical director and engineer is Audrey Bentham. Our managing producer is Sam Brigger.

Our interviews and reviews are produced and edited by Phyllis Myers, Anne-Marie Baldonado, Lauren Krenzel, Teresa Madden, Monique Nazareth, Thea Chaloner, Susan Yakundi, and Anna Bauman. Our digital media producer is Molly C.V. Nesper. Roberta Shorrock directs the show. With Terry Gross, I'm Tanya Mosley.

Our interviews and reviews are produced and edited by Phyllis Myers, Anne-Marie Baldonado, Lauren Krenzel, Teresa Madden, Monique Nazareth, Thea Chaloner, Susan Yakundi, and Anna Bauman. Our digital media producer is Molly C.V. Nesper. Roberta Shorrock directs the show. With Terry Gross, I'm Tanya Mosley.