A few weeks ago, after skimming through the formatting of my dissertation one last time, I said a little prayer. The last call was, “God, ... Read More

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24.05.2024

They're Still Not Like Us (Math and Our Values) | The Jose Vilson

In 2015, C-SPAN’s Washington Journal invited me to discuss education reform and my book, This Is Not A Test: A New Narrative on Race, Class, ... Read More

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06.04.2024

Critical Race Theory Is About You, and All of Us | The Jose Vilson

Recently, Christina Cross, a Black woman sociologist at Harvard, found her work at the crosshairs of the same person who brought us the bastardization of ... Read More

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22.03.2024

What Choice Do We Have? [On School Choice] | The Jose Vilson

Here’s something I never got to tell you. About seven years ago, I wrote this post that went viral. I didn’t expect to see some ... Read More

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14.03.2024

Professional Development Done With Us, Not To Us | The Jose Vilson

Last week, I had the pleasure of attending my fourth SXSW EDU in Austin, TX. As Ron Reed mentioned before introducing scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw as ... Read More

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29.02.2024

Professional: A Word That Means Nothing and Everything to Teachers | The Jose Vilson

Sometime in the summer of 2020, a small, vocal set of parents and advocates decided that teachers should get back to work. They overshadowed the ... Read More

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14.02.2024

Educators Get To Imagine Bigger, Too [On TED] | The Jose Vilson

Last week, I had the pleasure of attending the latest celebration of TED-Ed Educator Talks at the TED Headquarters in NYC. For those who are ... Read More

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10.02.2024

On Professional Development and The Places We Don't Have Yet | The Jose Vilson

This past weekend, I had the opportunity to attend EduCon in Philadelphia, PA. Principal – and friend – Chris Lehmann asked me to participate in ... Read More

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01.02.2024

Scenes from an Unopened Curriculum Binder [Pt. 1] | The Jose Vilson

The following text is a combination of things that never happened, but may feel familiar. But if they feel familiar, it probably did happen, but ... Read More

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27.01.2024

Are You More Savvy Than a Third Grader? | The Jose Vilson

A few weeks ago, I had no intention of doing anything outside of my regular family/work duties. No meetings. No calls. Nothing. But last week, ... Read More

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24.01.2024

Shine On, Diamond (Patience) | The Jose Vilson

This past Saturday, I was doing some mindless scrolling through Instagram when I saw an announcement from one of my former students. Diamond – yes, ... Read More

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18.01.2024

You Couldn't Sit With Us (An Observation about Teachers) | The Jose Vilson

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of attending a special professional development session on a snowy and icy day at PS 20 in the Lower East ... Read More

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16.01.2024

What It Means To Stick With Love [About King and Us] | The Jose Vilson

It felt like a typical night for a Black student activist at Syracuse University back in 2002. In addition to the keynote speaker that the ... Read More

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13.01.2024

Why I Changed My Mind About Teachers and Education Theory | The Jose Vilson

“But you can’t divide a fraction by another fraction unless you find the reciprocal.” “Yes, you can and here’s how.” It was a typical math ... Read More

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09.01.2024

Who and What Will Colleges Defend? (On Claudine Gay and The Rest Of Us) | The Jose Vilson

Claudine Gay was the first Black president in Harvard University’s history, and, as such, stewarded the work of the world’s most prestigious university over a ... Read More

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04.01.2024

American Dreams, Wraiths, and Asylum Seekers | The Jose Vilson

About a decade ago, my former school’s parent coordinator introduced me to a new student. This wouldn’t be a remarkable event because my school opened ... Read More

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01.01.2024

What I Get To See In Us [2023 Year-In-Review] | The Jose Vilson

There were about six minutes of silence in my house while I stared at my computer screen. This time, my advisors were on the other ... Read More

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30.12.2023

A Note on Nikki Haley, Slavery, and Teacher Professionalism | The Jose Vilson

There are complex answers that deserve interrogation through all their interwoven facets and there are complex answers that converge toward a simple response. The cause ... Read More

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28.12.2023

Tired of Being Tired (Towards A Better 2024) – The Jose Vilson

Have you ever taken a ride on Kingda Ka roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure? You get in a seat with the high-velocity harness, ... Read More

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24.12.2023

'Origin' and Teaching Our Son Before The World Does – The Jose Vilson

A few weekends ago, ARRAY Inc. invited EduColor to a screening of Origin, a movie based on the events surrounding and within Isabel Wilkerson’s best-selling ... Read More

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21.12.2023

What Does A Good School Even Mean? – The Jose Vilson

Recently, I saw a meme suggesting what school should have taught us as opposed to what it teaches us. The setup usually lists a set ... Read More

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19.12.2023

Learning Loss and the Lessons Americans Refuse To Learn – The Jose Vilson

The United States of America has spent the last three years arguing about the pandemic’s effects on students’ academic and socioemotional well-being. Of course, this ... Read More

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16.12.2023

For Educators Who Get In Trouble But Want To Stay In Their Professions – The Jose Vilson

Last night, I was asked to speak virtually to a group of student teachers who read my book This Is Not A Test for class ... Read More

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14.12.2023

Death By Millions of Cuts (In Defense of NYC Public Schools and Beyond) – The Jose Vilson

Last year, when I dropped my son off at school, my first question to the staff was “What’s changed?” After the cuts came down, students ... Read More

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11.12.2023

Difficult For Whom: A Conversation about Conversations and Systems – The Jose Vilson

Recently, my son did an active-shooter drill at his school. I asked him how it went. He mentioned how it was fine, but a few ... Read More

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28.11.2023

The Problem With How You Discuss Reading – The Jose Vilson

Kids can’t read. At least that’s what we’ve been told to believe by folks trying to dismantle public education. Proponents of this refrain use frivolous ... Read More

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18.09.2023

Abolish School Supply Lists, Too – The Jose Vilson

My son and I ran over to a super convenience store (you’ll know which one) to do some last-minute grocery shopping when we happened upon ... Read More

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11.04.2023

What Spongebob Taught Me About Optimism In The Now – The Jose Vilson

“Just six more minutes left / We’ve done all we could do / And whatever happens next / I’m glad I’m here with you …” ... Read More

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03.01.2023

What The American Teacher Act Shows Us About Education Now – The Jose Vilson

In the last year, I’ve visited four different classrooms, three of them within New York City. During my visits, I noticed similar trends: well-organized classrooms, ... Read More

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29.11.2022

A Word About The Work We Must Do – The Jose Vilson

About five years ago, the Teacher Activist Group in Boston, MA invited me to speak at their 7th annual Boston-Area Education for Social Justice Conference. ... Read More

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29.11.2022

God Keeps Me and Us Around (2021 Year-In-Review) – The Jose Vilson

Many of us end this year the same way we ended last year: by staring at screens, searching for answers to questions we don’t know ... Read More

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29.11.2022

Sunshower, Just The Sign Of The Power (On Parenting and School) – The Jose Vilson

The morning sun glistens just above the project buildings east of my son’s schoolyard just before school starts. The scene might have enamored me to ... Read More

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29.11.2022

What Gets Taught – The Jose Vilson

Whenever I do a keynote presentation or workshop, I’m often asked: “How does this apply to me when I teach in a school with all-white ... Read More

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29.11.2022

Where Contrition and Closure Go Hand-In-Hand – The Jose Vilson

“Vilson, you should read the names of the graduates. You know them anyways.” We’re at a retirement party that my wife and I organized for ... Read More

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29.11.2022

It's OK To Not Have The Words – The Jose Vilson

There was a moment, just as I was getting into the groove of my second class, where I thought I had it all together. And ... Read More

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29.11.2022

We Put The Public in Public Schools (A Reprise) – The Jose Vilson

Last Monday, a coalition of parents, educators, students, and New York City Councilmembers came together to rebuke school budget cuts to New York City schools. ... Read More

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29.11.2022

Cry On The Last Day of School, Too (on Abbott Elementary) – The Jose Vilson

When was the last time you cried at the end of a school year? I’ve done it about five times as a teacher, each moment ... Read More

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29.11.2022

College, Career, Or Whatever Readiness – The Jose Vilson

In recent times, the term “college and career ready” has come back into trend. It’s a term that first saw a spotlight during the Obama ... Read More

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29.11.2022

Lessons of Youth Activism, Climate Change, and Climate Justice – The Jose Vilson

“Yeah, so first of all, I just want to give a little context. So Shell and Siccar Point Energy are trying to push a new ... Read More

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A Brief Reflection on My Dissertation and Teachers' Labor | The Jose Vilson

They're Still Not Like Us (Math and Our Values) | The Jose Vilson

Critical Race Theory Is About You, and All of Us | The Jose Vilson

What Choice Do We Have? [On School Choice] | The Jose Vilson

Professional Development Done With Us, Not To Us | The Jose Vilson

Professional: A Word That Means Nothing and Everything to Teachers | The Jose Vilson

Educators Get To Imagine Bigger, Too [On TED] | The Jose Vilson

On Professional Development and The Places We Don't Have Yet | The Jose Vilson

Scenes from an Unopened Curriculum Binder [Pt. 1] | The Jose Vilson

Are You More Savvy Than a Third Grader? | The Jose Vilson

Shine On, Diamond (Patience) | The Jose Vilson

You Couldn't Sit With Us (An Observation about Teachers) | The Jose Vilson

What It Means To Stick With Love [About King and Us] | The Jose Vilson

Why I Changed My Mind About Teachers and Education Theory | The Jose Vilson

Who and What Will Colleges Defend? (On Claudine Gay and The Rest Of Us) | The Jose Vilson

American Dreams, Wraiths, and Asylum Seekers | The Jose Vilson

What I Get To See In Us [2023 Year-In-Review] | The Jose Vilson

A Note on Nikki Haley, Slavery, and Teacher Professionalism | The Jose Vilson

Tired of Being Tired (Towards A Better 2024) – The Jose Vilson

'Origin' and Teaching Our Son Before The World Does – The Jose Vilson

What Does A Good School Even Mean? – The Jose Vilson

Learning Loss and the Lessons Americans Refuse To Learn – The Jose Vilson

For Educators Who Get In Trouble But Want To Stay In Their Professions – The Jose Vilson

Death By Millions of Cuts (In Defense of NYC Public Schools and Beyond) – The Jose Vilson

Difficult For Whom: A Conversation about Conversations and Systems – The Jose Vilson

The Problem With How You Discuss Reading – The Jose Vilson

Abolish School Supply Lists, Too – The Jose Vilson

What Spongebob Taught Me About Optimism In The Now – The Jose Vilson

What The American Teacher Act Shows Us About Education Now – The Jose Vilson

A Word About The Work We Must Do – The Jose Vilson

God Keeps Me and Us Around (2021 Year-In-Review) – The Jose Vilson

Sunshower, Just The Sign Of The Power (On Parenting and School) – The Jose Vilson

What Gets Taught – The Jose Vilson

Where Contrition and Closure Go Hand-In-Hand – The Jose Vilson

It's OK To Not Have The Words – The Jose Vilson

We Put The Public in Public Schools (A Reprise) – The Jose Vilson

Cry On The Last Day of School, Too (on Abbott Elementary) – The Jose Vilson

College, Career, Or Whatever Readiness – The Jose Vilson

Lessons of Youth Activism, Climate Change, and Climate Justice – The Jose Vilson

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