Sean Corcoran
@seanpcorcoran.org
Professor of Public Policy and Education at Vanderbilt University, lover of opera and ice cream. Views expressed are my own.
Education
80%
Political science
5%
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
Prince (2x)
U2 (Zoo TV)
N.W.A. (1990)
Stereloab (3x)
Radiohead (2x + Atoms for Peace and The Smile)
Prince (2x)
U2 (Zoo TV)
N.W.A. (1990)
Stereloab (3x)
Radiohead (2x + Atoms for Peace and The Smile)
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
Ozzy & Metallica
SRV & Joe Cocker
Iron Maiden & Yngwie
Jazzfest
U2
Ozzy & Metallica
SRV & Joe Cocker
Iron Maiden & Yngwie
Jazzfest
U2
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen [shame edition]
New Kids on the Block
Debbie Gibson
Color Me Badd
Bon Jovi (New Jersey)
Donnie Osmond
New Kids on the Block
Debbie Gibson
Color Me Badd
Bon Jovi (New Jersey)
Donnie Osmond
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
Ozzy & Metallica
SRV & Joe Cocker
Iron Maiden & Yngwie
Jazzfest
U2
Ozzy & Metallica
SRV & Joe Cocker
Iron Maiden & Yngwie
Jazzfest
U2
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
• James Taylor, Hourglass
• Ben Folds, Supersunnyspeedgraphic
• Motion City Soundtrack, Commit This to Memory
• Sara Bareilles, Kaleidoscope Heart
• John Mayer, Sob Rock
• James Taylor, Hourglass
• Ben Folds, Supersunnyspeedgraphic
• Motion City Soundtrack, Commit This to Memory
• Sara Bareilles, Kaleidoscope Heart
• John Mayer, Sob Rock
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
Prince (2x)
U2 (Zoo TV)
N.W.A. (1990)
Stereloab (3x)
Radiohead (2x + Atoms for Peace and The Smile)
Prince (2x)
U2 (Zoo TV)
N.W.A. (1990)
Stereloab (3x)
Radiohead (2x + Atoms for Peace and The Smile)
Reposted by Sean P. Corcoran
THANKFUL AND FIRED UP
Grateful for my team, friends, family, and the incredible support from across the state and country. Starting tomorrow, we've got phonebanking and canvassing every day, including a statewide Day of Action on Saturday!
SIGN UP: www.mobilize.us/afty...
Grateful for my team, friends, family, and the incredible support from across the state and country. Starting tomorrow, we've got phonebanking and canvassing every day, including a statewide Day of Action on Saturday!
SIGN UP: www.mobilize.us/afty...
(River) Dancing with the Star Trek
Local contractor employees stop Music City Loop work - Nashville Banner
Willie Shane and his crew walk off the Music City Loop project, citing safety concerns and payment issues with The Boring Company.
nashvillebanner.com
Unsurprisingly, the pet project given to Elon Musk's Boring Co without any local input or approval is not going well. “We were really skeptical from the beginning, and then since then, things pretty much just went downhill,” [the excavating contractor] added. nashvillebanner.com/2025/11/25/b...
See also "green new scam" which they have been conditioned to repeat
LGBTQ+, disabled students face exclusion from private schools - Nashville Banner
Some Tennessee private schools receiving state-funded vouchers exclude LGBTQ+ students and those with disabilities, raising concerns about discrimination.
nashvillebanner.com
While public schools are being targeted for "indoctrination," the handbook of one of the taxpayer-funded private schools says a woman should "submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband." Another lumps homosexuality with bestiality. (n/n) nashvillebanner.com/2025/11/17/t...
LGBTQ+, disabled students face exclusion from private schools - Nashville Banner
Some Tennessee private schools receiving state-funded vouchers exclude LGBTQ+ students and those with disabilities, raising concerns about discrimination.
nashvillebanner.com
In a second piece, the @nashvillebanner.bsky.social investigated the exclusionary practices of voucher-funded schools toward disabled and LGBTQ students. At least 57 have explicitly anti-LGBTQ policies. Some extended the ban to parents as well (3/n) nashvillebanner.com/2025/11/17/t...
Some Tennessee EFS recipients lack accountability of others - Nashville Banner
Testing and curriculum choices in Tennessee's private schools receiving public funding through school vouchers falls far short of public school requirements.
nashvillebanner.com
In one school, the founder of a Christian school said parents will be surprised when they see their kids' test scores because, and he emphasized: "I'm giving you the official position: we just don't care." (2/n) nashvillebanner.com/2025/11/10/t...
Some Tennessee EFS recipients lack accountability of others - Nashville Banner
Testing and curriculum choices in Tennessee's private schools receiving public funding through school vouchers falls far short of public school requirements.
nashvillebanner.com
The @nashvillebanner.bsky.social has been doing some *excellent* reporting on schools in Tennessee's taxpayer-funded private school voucher program. In one piece, they highlight the wildly different assessments students take in lieu of the state test (1/n) nashvillebanner.com/2025/11/10/t...
HEADS UP: CDC website now officially asserts that vaccines may cause autism.“Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.” Also says the “vaccines do not cause autism” header remains b/c of an agreement with Cassidy.
How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy
Reposted by Sean P. Corcoran
Ahead of her appearance at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium as part of her book tour, former Vice President Kamala Harris stopped by North Nashville's Hadley Park to launch a canvass event for Democratic congressional candidate, Rep. Aftyn Behn. (Photos by John Partipilo.)
As the old saying goes, vote early and vote Aftyn! @aftynbehn.bsky.social #TN-7
Bill Clinton last held office almost 25 years ago. Kamala Harris lost the election. Trump is a sitting president. Your point is? (Assuming “hotjugsbev” is a real account)
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
www.nytimes.com
Now imagine you had an email from that trafficker that said President Obama or Biden had “spent hours” with one of the underage victims in their house. How do we keep electing this party? I am burning with rage. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
www.nytimes.com
... the Democratic Party were working around the clock to protect him from further information getting out. Also imagine if their administration had moved the only co-conspirator in jail for the crimes to a min-security facility with “concierge services” and a puppy.. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
www.nytimes.com
As always, imagine the reaction if President Obama or Biden were close friends with the most notorious sex trafficker in US history, had sent him a sexually suggestive note with the line “may every day be another wonderful secret”, and ...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Hi folks attending #2025APPAM #APPAM2025! Excited to see many of you in Seattle this week.
As usual, I am organizing a very informal happy hour for education policy folks at the conference to get together: Fri 11/14 starting at 6pm at Seattle Beer Co on Western Ave (~15 min walk from conference).
As usual, I am organizing a very informal happy hour for education policy folks at the conference to get together: Fri 11/14 starting at 6pm at Seattle Beer Co on Western Ave (~15 min walk from conference).
Be there!
Hi folks attending #2025APPAM #APPAM2025! Excited to see many of you in Seattle this week.
As usual, I am organizing a very informal happy hour for education policy folks at the conference to get together: Fri 11/14 starting at 6pm at Seattle Beer Co on Western Ave (~15 min walk from conference).
As usual, I am organizing a very informal happy hour for education policy folks at the conference to get together: Fri 11/14 starting at 6pm at Seattle Beer Co on Western Ave (~15 min walk from conference).
Reposted by Jonathan M. Gilligan, Sean P. Corcoran
POLLS ARE OPEN! 🗳️
Early voting has started for the TN-7 special congressional election in Tennessee! 😍
Check to see if you live in TN-7👇🏻
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Check early voting locations👇🏻
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Early voting has started for the TN-7 special congressional election in Tennessee! 😍
Check to see if you live in TN-7👇🏻
iwillvote.com?utm_so...
Check early voting locations👇🏻
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Reposted by Sean P. Corcoran
WASHINGTON NEEDS A SHAKE-UP
The same career politicians who caused the shutdown are now playing games with your health care. Eight Senate Democrats just cut a deal—but Speaker Johnson still refuses to hold a vote to protect ACA subsidies. Tennessee can change that on Dec. 2.
The same career politicians who caused the shutdown are now playing games with your health care. Eight Senate Democrats just cut a deal—but Speaker Johnson still refuses to hold a vote to protect ACA subsidies. Tennessee can change that on Dec. 2.
🚨OUR NEW AD JUST DROPPED 🚨
Washington is giving billionaires the easy ride—while hard-working Tennessean get a rough ride due to bad policies.
I’m running for Congress to change that. Vote for @aftynbehn.bsky.social beginning on Nov. 12 to shake up Washington. Election Dec. 2nd
#TN7 #AftynBehn
Washington is giving billionaires the easy ride—while hard-working Tennessean get a rough ride due to bad policies.
I’m running for Congress to change that. Vote for @aftynbehn.bsky.social beginning on Nov. 12 to shake up Washington. Election Dec. 2nd
#TN7 #AftynBehn
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.
Sean Corcoran
@seanpcorcoran.org
· Oct 27
Trump screws his voters again: He just denied disaster aid to Maryland (while giving it to red states). But I took a look and it turns out the suffering Maryland counties are in Appalachia and backed him by 40 and 54 points.
On the pod, @stevebenen.com and I discuss:
newrepublic.com/article/2022...
On the pod, @stevebenen.com and I discuss:
newrepublic.com/article/2022...
Trump Nixing of Dem State Disaster Aid Backfires, Screwing MAGA Voters
After Trump’s handling of disasters boomerangs on MAGA country, the author of a piece on his retribution against blue America explains how this saga reveals MAGA ideology’s deepest depravities.
newrepublic.com
In a normal world, this might turn Trump’s Maryland voters against him. In this one, they will blame *Democrats* for making Trump do this.
Reposted by Jill A. Jacobson, Sean P. Corcoran
Lisa Fazio
@lkfazio.bsky.social
· Oct 27
More Vanderbilt hiring!
Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Computation & Psychology, College of Connected Computing
We're searching for multiple Assistant (tenure-track), Associate, and Full Professors working at the intersection of psychology with computation or AI. 1/
Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Computation & Psychology, College of Connected Computing
We're searching for multiple Assistant (tenure-track), Associate, and Full Professors working at the intersection of psychology with computation or AI. 1/
Greg Sargent
@gregsargent.bsky.social
· Oct 27
Trump Nixing of Dem State Disaster Aid Backfires, Screwing MAGA Voters
After Trump’s handling of disasters boomerangs on MAGA country, the author of a piece on his retribution against blue America explains how this saga reveals MAGA ideology’s deepest depravities.
newrepublic.com
Trump screws his voters again: He just denied disaster aid to Maryland (while giving it to red states). But I took a look and it turns out the suffering Maryland counties are in Appalachia and backed him by 40 and 54 points.
On the pod, @stevebenen.com and I discuss:
newrepublic.com/article/2022...
On the pod, @stevebenen.com and I discuss:
newrepublic.com/article/2022...
Sean Corcoran
@seanpcorcoran.org
· Oct 26
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?
Sean Corcoran
@seanpcorcoran.org
· Oct 23
Winklevoss!
Sean Corcoran
@seanpcorcoran.org
· Oct 22
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...
Sean Corcoran
@seanpcorcoran.org
· Oct 20
Shame on these people for using taxpayer resources in this way, in clear violation of the law www.hud.gov#close