Richard Corcoran

About The Author

Richard Corcoran is an attorney and president of New College of Florida. From 2016 to 2018, he served as speaker of the Florida House, passing crucial ethics reforms. In in 2018, he was chosen by Governor Ron DeSantis to be the state’s 27th Education Commissioner. In that role, he worked side-by-side with Tallahassee during the pandemic to reopen—and keep open—schools and eliminate mask mandates for children. He also supported the Governor’s efforts to improve Florida public education by abolishing Common Core, expanding civics instruction, and ensuring parental rights were respected in classrooms. Corcoran lives in Sarasota with his wife and six children.

Books by Richard Corcoran

Storming the Ivory Tower

How a Florida College Became Ground Zero in the Struggle to Take Back Our Campuses

A firsthand account of how Richard Corcoran, former education commissioner of Florida, successfully took on powerful progressive interest groups, broke their monopoly, and paved the way for higher education reform across America.

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