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Sean Corcoran

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Professor of Public Policy and Education at Vanderbilt University, lover of opera and ice cream. Views expressed are my own.

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Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · 21h
Looking forward to Senator Schmitt's next big reveal
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Austin Powers: It's a Man, Baby!
ALT: Austin Powers: It's a Man, Baby!
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In Medias Malone @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
As a professor, most of what I do is log in to things
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Jen Jennings @jenjennings.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
17 states looked at quadrant 4 and said: i'll take that one. by 26-27, half of US K12 schoolkids will be eligible in a universal voucher state
NY times cost/effectiveness plot of ed reforms
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Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This truly is horrifying. Not only is he unlawfully spending OUR money on a political ad, the whole point of the ad is that roughly half of the country consists of enemies who must be conquered.
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Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · 28/09/2026
Nashville folks: FYI the Nashville Opera is extending its "Dolly Day" promotion with 25% off tickets to their production of Tosca on October 8 and 10. Use code DOLLY925. Posting as a supporter. nashvilleopera.org/tosca/
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Jen Jennings @jenjennings.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
You don’t gut the country's capacity to measure what's happening in its schools because you care about improving them. Guardian article below.
graph of number of employees at NCES
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Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · 24/09/2026
In April, the Republican state assembly in Tennessee enacted a law requiring all public schools observe a “victims of communism” day in November
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Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · 23/09/2026
Our department at Vanderbilt is seeking an assistant/associate professor of higher education policy. The position is intended for a quantitative researcher with a PhD in a social science, public policy, or education. Please circulate and let me know if you have questions! apply.interfolio.com/193891
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Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · 22/09/2026
Way to go Hannah!
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Chantal Hailey @chantalahailey.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If you want to learn more about how Black families choose schools, here are resources from me and others that provide important context, nuance, and deep analysis: 4/
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The Onion @theonion.com · 21/09/2026
JD Vance Booed  By Own Reflection  In Mirror theonion.com/jd-vance-booed-by-own-…
JD Vance Booed  By Own Reflection  In Mirror
Image Calls VP ‘Loser’ Right To His Face
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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Important: Submit public comments here. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20.... Due by Oct 13
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Decennial Census of the Population of Americans; Proposed Residence Criteria and Proposed Regulations for Demographic Questions
The Census Bureau is proposing to add two new parts to the Code of Federal Regulations governing the decennial census of population and housing. First, the Census Bureau is proposing to add a part out...
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Jen Jennings @jenjennings.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I’m excited to share that The Scarcity Loop: How School Choice Reshapes the Rationing of Public Education is officially out in the world. It seemed important to find a slice.
Scarcity loop book dragging a pizza slice up subway stairs
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Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · 16/09/2026
Is the investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh for mortgage fraud officially underway?
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Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · 15/09/2026
I always get the best fall fashion ideas from the NYT Style Magazine. I’m thinking of going with morbidly obese nun
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Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · 12/09/2026
Excellent
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Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · 10/09/2026
The 2025 PISA results webinar hosted by IES, OECD, and @vupeabody.bsky.social is now available for viewing here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuLS...
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Jen Jennings @jenjennings.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Voucher-accepting TN school pushes out 8-year-old because of his hair. What Friedman forgot to mention is that the invisible hand for school choice is holding hair clippers.
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Tennessee private school tells 8-year-old to cut his shoulder-length hair
“What makes all of this particularly difficult to understand is that my son does not have a history of behavioral or academic problem.”
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 10/09/2026
My favorite doorknobs are the ones the New York City public schools installed at the turn of the 20th century. You can still occasionally find one on eBay!
A brass doorknob with the all-caps lettering "PUBLIC SCHOOL—CITY OF NEW YORK," surrounded by a swirling motif that looks rather like leaves.
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Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · 10/09/2026
For those in Nashville: Dialogue Vanderbilt is featuring a conversation on September 21 between Roland Fryer of Harvard and my colleague Carolyn Heinrich on "What Works in Education - and Why is it so Hard to Scale?" This event is open to the public. Register here: web.cvent.com/event/599554...
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The Onion @theonion.com · 10/09/2026
Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk theonion.com/report-you-to-be-fired…
Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk
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Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · 09/09/2026
Excellent @edweek.org summary of yesterday's PISA 2025 webinar co-hosted by IES, OECD, and Vanderbilt Peabody College www.edweek.org/leadership/3...
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3 Takeaways From the Latest PISA Test of Reading, Math, and Science
The results show reading performance dropping across the world—and one uniquely troubling U.S. trend.
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Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · 09/09/2026
Wow, this is wild stuff. Inside the school Texas taxpayers will be funding as part of their statewide voucher program
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Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · 07/09/2026
Join Vanderbilt and the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) on Tuesday September 8 from 2-3 pm ET for the live webinar release of results from the 2025 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) and a live discussion of the findings. Register: vanderbilt.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: PISA 2025 U.S. Results Release Webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
How Do U.S. Students Compare with Their Peers Around the World? Join Vanderbilt University and the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) for the release of results from the 2025 Program fo...
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Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · 06/09/2026
Finally read this article on the rapid growth of the Alpha School under the Texas school voucher program--only after the state's charter board rejected its (dubious) model. ProPublica is really doing outstanding work on how voucher programs are actually playing out on the ground.
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Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · 03/09/2026
Downloaded ✅ Be sure to select the “Jester” for voice directions if you want to hear it laugh hysterically while telling you to turn right on Main
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Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · 02/09/2026
Remember when the White House was cool? Did you know that only 11 years ago Barack Obama was still the president? youtu.be/CZ2o5CWCOgk?...
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Esperanza Spalding: "Overjoyed"
YouTube video by The Obama White House
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Dr. Annie Andrews @drannieandrews.com · 31/08/2026
Today, I started the day debate prepping with my team, then watched my daughter’s soccer game, went grocery shopping, watched my son’s football practice, and made us all dinner. But yeah, I’m totally a “radical lunatic.”
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Trump's tariffs have cost Michigan $5,619 per household — higher than every other state — just so Trump can play his little vanity games. Rogers will never call this out because he's corrupt and a coward.
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Which states do Trump's tariffs hit the hardest
Local industries dictate how much cost a given state takes on from the executive tariffs
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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
23% drop in student visas to US in 2025 57% drop from India alone catastrophic for research and learning, here and abroad www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
Graph of visas issued to students per month in 2024 and 2025
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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
And I am going to remind you again, that this did not *only* remove them from SNAP—which is bad enough!—but it *also* takes them out of the count for SNAP; that is one of the counts for 1. Community Eligiblity for school nutrition and 2. Low income count for state school aid (ch.70) #MAEdu
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Josh Cowen @joshcowenmi.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
“When they stop administering the state exam, then the lobby groups and the voucher supporters can just yell about how great it is for everyone and no one calls them out on it anymore,” Cowen said. Any serious use of vouchers to improve opportunity demands accountability.
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Alex Freidus @alexfreidus.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Friends, all books published by NYU Press are 50% off until 8/31. So if you ever considered picking up my book - or assigning it for the fall semester - now is a great time. Shop and enjoy! nyupress.org/978147982781...
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Unequal Lessons
Diversity and racial integration efforts are not sufficient to address educational inequalityNew York City schools are among the most segregated in the natio...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/08/2026
NEW: At some private schools across the U.S., every student uses taxpayer money to pay toward tuition, thanks to the growth of school voucher programs. But these "quasi-public" schools face almost none of the scrutiny given to public schools.
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At “Quasi-Public” Private Schools, 100% of Students Get Tuition Vouchers. There’s Almost No Accountability.
Private schools — even those that are heavily dependent on taxpayer funding — often operate without the scrutiny public schools are subject to. Following the money at one Milwaukee private school reve...
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Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · 07/08/2026
Andy Ogles can still win if Mike Pence has the courage
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Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · 05/08/2026
I wonder who looks more like Odysseus might have looked: Matt Damon or Abdul El-Sayed? 🤔
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Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · 27/07/2026
Without saying your age what is your favorite movie from the year you turned 18
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Hannibal Lecter's Intense Gaze
ALT: Hannibal Lecter's Intense Gaze
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Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · 24/07/2026
A connecting gate of “Z4” is never a good sign. Is that still at the airport?
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Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · 22/07/2026
Just excellent work
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Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · 21/07/2026
This seemingly innocuous email from the Social Security Administration is straight up political advertising. Donald Trump (or the President) is mentioned SIX times in a handful of paragraphs. A completely inappropriate use of public resources.
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Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · 19/07/2026
What a beautiful ending to the World Cup halftime show. The complete antithesis to Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and everything they represent.
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Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · 17/07/2026
"One Michigan-based company that launched last year to encourage churches to tap into public funds refers to these programs in its promotional videos as “God’s new gold mine.” www.propublica.org/article/priv...
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Barns, Go-Karts and Strip Malls: The Wild West of Private Schools That Collect Taxpayer Dollars
As private schools proliferate, states are choosing a hands-off approach to regulating them. The backgrounds of school founders — sometimes with criminal histories — often don’t matter
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Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @warnock.senate.gov · 15/07/2026
Staying in power matters more to Donald Trump than anything else.
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Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · 13/07/2026
Today is the last day to submit comments on OMB's proposed changes to federal grant rules that would give vast powers to political appointees to reject or cancel midstream large research projects. This would waste millions in time and effort and promote corruption. naeducation.org/naed-and-19-...
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NAEd and 19 Other Associations File Comment Urging OMB to Withdraw Proposed Rule on Federal Financial Assistance - National Academy of Education
Coalition representing more than 85,000 researchers, faculty, practitioners, and students files formal comment opposing sweeping restrictions on federally funded education research Washington, DC — Ju...
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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 13/07/2026
“The data indicates that 74.2% of North Carolina’s 143,998 private school students received an Opportunity Scholarship during the 2025-26 school year.” We’re living through the resegregation of US education. Read more at: www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e...
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Most NC private school students now get a taxpayer-funded voucher to pay costs
North Carolina now provides vouchers to nearly 75% of private school students, up from a quarter of pupils two years ago.
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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 05/07/2026
Republicans in Tennessee have taken control over the Memphis airport, taken its control over its schools, taken its control over its police, sicced the military on Memphians, taken its representative in Congress, and taken its state lawmakers’ committee seats. This is the result.
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J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I just need you to find 5 goals
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Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · 07/07/2026
Everything Trump touches dies
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Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · 05/07/2026
The DC fireworks show is… really not good. Quantity ≠ Quality
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Liz Oyer @lawyeroyer.com · 02/07/2026
As Deputy Attorney General, Todd Blanche fired me for doing my job, then subjected me and my family to months of retaliation. My story is one of many reasons the Senate should not confirm Blanche again. Read and share my letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee. www.lawyeroyer.com/p/my-letter-...
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My Letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee Concerning the Nomination of Todd Blanche for Attorney General
As Deputy Attorney General, Blanche fired me for doing my job, then subjected me and my family to months of retaliation. My story is one of many reasons the Senate should not confirm Blanche again.
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