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![Featured image for “On Dignity [On CEC3 And The Racial Justice Work Ahead Of Us]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/pexels-photo-4801188.jpeg?fit=1040%2C1300&quality=100&ssl=1)
The Curriculum of Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl Halftime Show
February 17, 2026
2025: Because We Had To Do Something About It
January 6, 2026
Pick A School, Every School (On the NYC High School Admissions Process)
December 17, 2025
Until We Get It Done (On My Meeting with Zohran Mamdani)
November 13, 2025
The Genius of Our Students
October 9, 2025
Why Teaching Math for Test Results Is Not Enough
September 23, 2025
Rows and Aisles (DC and Washington, Too)
August 18, 2025
Getting Beyond Our Discomfort Zones
July 21, 2025
What Lessons Are We Learning from Our Students?
May 30, 2025
Rubby Peréz and The Ties That Bind Us All
April 18, 2025
New York and The Fight For Truly Public Schools
April 10, 2025
Three Pillars for Decimating Public Education
March 18, 2025
The Pedagogy of Kendrick Lamar at the Super Bowl Halftime Show
February 12, 2025
Some Notes about Joy Amid The Tyranny
January 31, 2025
A Lesson About Identity and Culture in Bad Bunny’s New Album
January 13, 2025![Featured image for “II Hands II Heaven, A Reprise [2024 Year-In-Review]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/3241E7AD-854D-48A1-B54A-A902D579FEDB_1_201_a.jpeg?fit=2199%2C1237&quality=100&ssl=1)
II Hands II Heaven, A Reprise [2024 Year-In-Review]
December 31, 2024
Reconsidering The Kai Cenat Union Square Incident of 2023
December 30, 2024![Featured image for “Write It Down Somewhere [Some Advice For New Teachers]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/pexels-photo-3059747.jpeg?fit=1880%2C1254&quality=100&ssl=1)
Write It Down Somewhere [Some Advice For New Teachers]
December 20, 2024
An Open Letter to the Listeners (The Heart pt. 5.5)
December 9, 2024
Building Community Amid Uncertain Doom
December 5, 2024
Don’t Obey In Advance
November 8, 2024
Juan Soto and the Trouble with Progressive Education
October 23, 2024
Building The Bridge Between Old and New Math
October 17, 2024
Something Bigger Than Me (Recruiting Teachers with Students and Teachers)
October 2, 2024
On Being Haitian and What We Teach Ourselves
September 20, 2024
Middle School Prepares Us For Social Science Thinking, Too
September 16, 2024
A Brief Reflection on My Dissertation and Teachers’ Labor
September 2, 2024
They’re Still Not Like Us (Math and Our Values)
May 23, 2024
Critical Race Theory Is About You, and All of Us
April 5, 2024![Featured image for “What Choice Do We Have? [On School Choice]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/pexels-photo-4631066.jpeg?fit=1880%2C1253&quality=100&ssl=1)
What Choice Do We Have? [On School Choice]
March 21, 2024
Professional Development Done With Us, Not To Us
March 13, 2024
Professional: A Word That Means Nothing and Everything to Teachers
February 25, 2024![Featured image for “Educators Get To Imagine Bigger, Too [On TED]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ted-world-theatre.webp?fit=1300%2C866&quality=100&ssl=1)
Educators Get To Imagine Bigger, Too [On TED]
February 13, 2024
On Professional Development and The Places We Don’t Have Yet
February 9, 2024![Featured image for “Scenes from an Unopened Curriculum Binder [Pt. 1]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/pexels-photo-171183.jpeg?fit=1880%2C1253&quality=100&ssl=1)
Scenes from an Unopened Curriculum Binder [Pt. 1]
January 31, 2024
Are You More Savvy Than a Third Grader?
January 26, 2024
Shine On, Diamond (Patience)
January 23, 2024
You Couldn’t Sit With Us (An Observation about Teacher Professionals)
January 17, 2024![Featured image for “What It Means To Stick With Love [About King and Us]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/pexels-photo-10449794.jpeg?fit=1880%2C1254&quality=100&ssl=1)
What It Means To Stick With Love [About King and Us]
January 15, 2024
Why I Changed My Mind About Teachers and Education Theory
January 12, 2024
Who and What Will Colleges Defend? (On Claudine Gay and The Rest Of Us)
January 8, 2024
American Dreams, Wraiths, and Asylum Seekers
January 3, 2024![Featured image for “What I Get To See In Us [2023 Year-In-Review]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/C2377DE8-7B93-4BA6-B870-42D09C4A7D4A_1_105_c.jpeg?fit=768%2C1024&quality=100&ssl=1)
What I Get To See In Us [2023 Year-In-Review]
December 31, 2023
A Note on Nikki Haley, Slavery, and Teacher Professionalism
December 29, 2023
Tired of Being Tired (Towards A Better 2024)
December 27, 2023
‘Origin’ and Teaching Our Son Before The World Does
December 22, 2023
What Does A Good School Even Mean?
December 20, 2023
Learning Loss and the Lessons Americans Refuse To Learn
December 18, 2023