And the winner of this book contest is …
Congrats to you, Saida. Hope you and your father enjoy. To everyone else, thanks for your participation in this summer book giveaway spree. I have one more up my sleeve that I’m opening to the general public next week. I can’t thank you all enough for your active participation in this blog and our conversations.
Jose, who’s fascinated by disappearing spoons …
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My name is Jose Luis Vilson, teacher, writer, public speaker, activist, Syracuse University and City College grad, poet, hip-hop enthusiast, and (certainly not least) father. I've been featured at CNN, Huffington Post, Education Week, Scholastic, TEDx, and GOOD Magazine. For more, click here.
Short Notes: 2Pac Will Never RIP, Lady GaGa, and Jamaica ![On Rape [Where An Educator Stands]](http://thejosevilson.com/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/timthumb.php?src=http://thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/prevent-rape.jpg&h=100&w=300)
On Rape [Where An Educator Stands] ![Please, Keep Writing and Teaching [Kick More Ass]](http://thejosevilson.com/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/timthumb.php?src=http://thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Screen-Shot-2013-04-30-at-8.53.43-PM.png&h=100&w=300)
Please, Keep Writing and Teaching [Kick More Ass] 
Don’t Talk To Me About Personal Responsibility If … ![An Open Letter From The Trenches [To Education Activists, Friends, and Haters]](http://thejosevilson.com/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/timthumb.php?src=http://thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/martin-luther-king-arrested.jpg&h=100&w=300)
An Open Letter From The Trenches [To Education Activists, Friends, and Haters] 
Am I Not Human: Guantana-Close 
All I Ever Had: Redemption Songs ![Born To Do This Shit [On Personal Legends and Teaching]](http://thejosevilson.com/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/timthumb.php?src=http://thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/alchemistback.jpg&h=100&w=300)
Born To Do This Shit [On Personal Legends and Teaching] 
Quvenzhané Wallis, Matthew McConaughey, and How We See Our Children of Color 
Eww. Seriously. That Is So Gross. 
Howl If You Hear Me All I Ever Had: Redemption Songs 
The Union Said I Couldn’t Wear My Favorite Color (and Other Absurd Assertions in Education Nation) 
On The Reason Why You May Only Get One Black Male Teacher Ever In Your Life (If At All) 
Tell Your Fucking Mexican Friends To Get The Fuck Out of Shenandoah ![On Ridiculous Assertions By [Some] White Liberals](http://thejosevilson.com/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/timthumb.php?src=http://thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/blacksuperman.jpg&h=100&w=300)
On Ridiculous Assertions By [Some] White Liberals 
L’Chayim: I Wish For You 100 Years of Success, But It’s My Time 
Common Core Standards Alignment to New York State Standards, Vilson Edition 
Why I Almost Quit Twitter Don’t Talk To Me About Personal Responsibility If … 
Love Is A Better Teacher Than Duty 
How To Get Smart People To Follow You in 3 Easy Steps 
Classroom Management Tip: Call The House, Not The Dean ![Macho Man Randy Savage, on Education Reform [And The Beat Goes On]](http://thejosevilson.com/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/timthumb.php?src=http://thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Macho-Man-Randy-Savage_2069677.jpg&h=100&w=300)
Macho Man Randy Savage, on Education Reform [And The Beat Goes On] 
I Am Special Ed 
Differentiation: The Dirtiest Word In Education Today Lady Gaga As A Model for Education [Future of Teaching] 
Measuring My Teacher Effectiveness In Buckets 
My Students Get Inequalities 
Teaching Another 180 
Some know me as Jose. Others as Mr. V. Educator, writer, activist, and father. Here I'll be posting thoughts in all those voices. 
Jose Vilson said: RT @KenzoShibata: Can't we just say "If a policy is racist, it's off the table?"This happened about 5 hours agoJose Vilson said: Doc McStuffins, Harlem skylines at dusk, and an article in need of some major editing. Let's go.This happened about 7 hours agoJose Vilson said: RT @Larryferlazzo: RT @CATeachersAssoc: CTA was one of the few orgs in CA to protest against internment of Japanese-Americans at beginning of World War IIThis happened about 9 hours agoJose Vilson said: @TeachMoore Not only that, but … the lines between the lines ...This happened about 9 hours agoJose Vilson said: @intelligencer @TIME @NYMag Great. So every decade, kids look at themselves in the mirror too much. The "me me me" nation.This happened about 9 hours agoThe Jose Vilson, A Thesis Production.
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