Vladimir Kogan studies state and local government in the United States. His research focuses on the intersection of politics and public policy in areas including education and social policy. Kogan’s work has been published in top scholarly journals, including American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, and Journal of Public Economics.

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• Education politics and policy
• State and local politics

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Recent Commentaries:

• “Lessons from San Francisco,” The Grade (June 18, 2025)
• “Ohio State Center Doing Hard Work as Culture Wars Suck Up Oxygen,” Columbus Dispatch (May 3, 2025)
• “The Myth of the ‘Working Class’ Voter,” The Hill (Nov. 4, 2024)
• “Wrong (and Right) Lessons from Chicago’s School Closures,” Thomas B. Fordham Institute Education Gadfly Weekly (Oct. 10, 2024)
• “Stop Playing the Race Card on School Closures,” Thomas B. Fordham Institute Education Gadfly Weekly (Aug. 1, 2024)
• “School District Budgets Catch Long COVID,” The Hill (April 4, 2024)
• “Correct the Record: School Districts Need to Debunk Teachers’ Unions Misleading Talking Points,” City Journal (Feb. 16, 2024)
• “New NAEP Scores Reveal the Failure of Pandemic Academic Recovery Efforts,” The 74 (June 26, 2023)
• “The Choice in Education Governance Debates: Complacency or Reform?”, Education Next (October 4, 2022)