Sean Corcoran
@seanpcorcoran.org
Professor of Public Policy and Education at Vanderbilt University, lover of opera and ice cream. Views expressed are my own.
Amazing crowd in Nashville for #ICEoutforGood despite the cold and late notice @indivisnashville.bsky.social
January 11, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Amazing crowd in Nashville for #ICEoutforGood despite the cold and late notice @indivisnashville.bsky.social
Amazing crowd in Nashville for #ICEoutforGood despite the cold and late notice @indivisnashville.bsky.social
January 11, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Amazing crowd in Nashville for #ICEoutforGood despite the cold and late notice @indivisnashville.bsky.social
Looking forward to being a panelist at the LEARN symposium in Nashville, during the AASA National Conference on Education (golearntoday.org). LEARN connects education leaders to research to help them identify evidence-based strategies and solutions to enhance learning environments.
January 2, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Looking forward to being a panelist at the LEARN symposium in Nashville, during the AASA National Conference on Education (golearntoday.org). LEARN connects education leaders to research to help them identify evidence-based strategies and solutions to enhance learning environments.
“Beethoven wasn’t so great! … He never got his picture on bubblegum cards, did he?”
December 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
“Beethoven wasn’t so great! … He never got his picture on bubblegum cards, did he?”
You will be visited by three spirits (but it will all be a big misunderstanding)
December 9, 2025 at 5:33 AM
You will be visited by three spirits (but it will all be a big misunderstanding)
As the old saying goes, vote early and vote Aftyn! @aftynbehn.bsky.social #TN-7
November 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
As the old saying goes, vote early and vote Aftyn! @aftynbehn.bsky.social #TN-7
The share of economics papers exploiting the word "exploit" has more than doubled from 24.9% in 2000 to 52.6% in 2025. This is a non-trivial increase.
November 3, 2025 at 4:26 AM
The share of economics papers exploiting the word "exploit" has more than doubled from 24.9% in 2000 to 52.6% in 2025. This is a non-trivial increase.
Writing your name on a historic building in the Great Smoky Mountains could get you six months in jail. What does tearing down a wing of the White House get?
October 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Writing your name on a historic building in the Great Smoky Mountains could get you six months in jail. What does tearing down a wing of the White House get?
I will be joining a panel on school choice and civic education hosted by the League of Women Voters of Murfreesboro-Rutherford County on Monday, October 27 from 5:30-7 at the Rutherford Co BOE www.lwvtn.org/lwv_murfrees...
October 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I will be joining a panel on school choice and civic education hosted by the League of Women Voters of Murfreesboro-Rutherford County on Monday, October 27 from 5:30-7 at the Rutherford Co BOE www.lwvtn.org/lwv_murfrees...
Shame on these people for using taxpayer resources in this way, in clear violation of the law www.hud.gov#close
October 20, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Shame on these people for using taxpayer resources in this way, in clear violation of the law www.hud.gov#close
Opposite pages of the NYTimes on the same day (9/6)
September 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Opposite pages of the NYTimes on the same day (9/6)
Google AI calls the One Big Beautiful Bill a "fictional" legislative act. If only.
August 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Google AI calls the One Big Beautiful Bill a "fictional" legislative act. If only.
Antoni describes himself on LinkedIn as a “monetary scientist”. Not my field, but I don’t think that’s a thing
August 11, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Antoni describes himself on LinkedIn as a “monetary scientist”. Not my field, but I don’t think that’s a thing
Nashville turned out for the farce that is the Kilmar Abrego Garcia arraignment
June 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Nashville turned out for the farce that is the Kilmar Abrego Garcia arraignment
Returning to the US after 7 days away feels like moving back in to a burning building. Will miss my blissful Trump-free zone
May 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Returning to the US after 7 days away feels like moving back in to a burning building. Will miss my blissful Trump-free zone
One of the NSF grants at Louisiana Tech was--as far as I can tell--cancelled for no other reason than it aims to examine the effects of leaf "diversity" on aquatic insect colonizer "diversity". Or maybe it was the word "colonizer" that tripped the DOGE alarm. airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
May 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
One of the NSF grants at Louisiana Tech was--as far as I can tell--cancelled for no other reason than it aims to examine the effects of leaf "diversity" on aquatic insect colonizer "diversity". Or maybe it was the word "colonizer" that tripped the DOGE alarm. airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
Not staying silent in Nashville @50501nashtn.bsky.social
April 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Not staying silent in Nashville @50501nashtn.bsky.social
“May his cholesterol ever rise—only in strength!
May his arteries be forever lined with liberty!” (3/3)
May his arteries be forever lined with liberty!” (3/3)
April 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
“May his cholesterol ever rise—only in strength!
May his arteries be forever lined with liberty!” (3/3)
May his arteries be forever lined with liberty!” (3/3)