In 1983 Congress declared that our schools were mediocre. The congressional report was titled A Nation at Risk.

Episode 90 of Let's Fix Education (a short podcast and transcript) looks back 40 years at this important moment in history.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1792553/episodes/12489594

-----------------------------------------------------------

There is also an announcement of a new novel titled Art and Beauty,

of interest to all those who enjoy crime fiction. Manhattan. When art galleries and model agencies were the most glamorous businesses on the planet.