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Roll Call: The economic challenge facing Republicans
In today’s Roll Call, the Winston Group’s David Winston writes about how Republicans’ and Trump’s advantage on economic issue handling are beginning to slip, and how Republicans need to refocus on the issue that won them the election — inflation. In the last election, voters preferred Republicans to handle inflation

Harvard Launches New Remedial Math Course
Last fall, The Harvard Crimson ran a story called “Harvard Launches New Intro Math Course to Address Pandemic Learning Loss.” It quotes Harvard’s Director of Introductory Math Brendan Kelly, who said that the learning loss students sustained during Covid prompted the university to develop the remedial math course. The course,

Three Things We Are Seeing In Our New Survey Data On Tariffs
Tariffs have rocked the markets this week, and we are nowhere close to a resolution. From our new survey for Winning the Issues (April 8-10), here are three things we are seeing so far: 1. The economic impact is widely felt. One of the rationales of the White House has been that

The Education Crisis Trump Needs To Address
The last several weeks have seen a flurry of actions from the Trump administration on education, including the cancellation of contracts and grants, the reduction in force at the Department of Education, and most recently, the executive order to eliminate the department. While many Trump supporters may be cheering his

The Hechinger Report: NAEP, the Nation’s Report Card, was supposed to be safe. It’s not
Jill Barshay of The Hechinger Report cited the Winston Group’s David Winston’s recent column for Roll Call on the importance of the National Assessment of Education Progress: Other supporters of the test are making their case in the media. William Bennett, education secretary under former President Ronald Reagan, penned an open

Tuesday’s Special Elections In Context
As we watched Tuesday’s coverage of the special election, it seemed that the media was poised for the storyline that Democrats are back. The Wisconsin Supreme Court win was a plus for Democrats, but it is hardly a sign that Democrats’ problems are behind them. As Republicans have learned the