education

Beyond Bloomberg: On The 2013 Mayoral Candidate Forum on Education

November 19, 2012 Jose

Tonight, I had the distinct pleasure of attending the Blackboard Awards’ 2013 Mayoral Candidate Forum on Education at the Fordham Law School, moderated by Philissa Cramer of GothamSchools and Lindsey Christ of NY1, Time Warner Cable’s main New York City news station. Five out of the six main mayoral candidates (City Council Speaker of the [...]

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A Letter To President Obama, On Education Working Conditions

November 15, 2012 Mr. Vilson

An excerpt from my latest at Education Week: With that said, even if we reach the lofty goal of getting 100,000 more math and science teachers into classrooms, the problem will most likely not be recruitment but retention. Daniel Willingham, a psychology professor at the University of Virginia, recently cited new research re-confirming what so [...]

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Nate Silver Got Nothin’ On Me [Future of Teaching]

November 15, 2012 Mr. Vilson

An excerpt from my latest post at Future of Teaching: As a data specialist, I often find myself thinking of how hard we work to find abstractions of things we can’t quantify. We try to equate learning into achievement, because points matter so much more than the amorphous shifting of ideas into and through our [...]

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What A 55 Looks Like On This Side [Fail Is A Strong Word]

November 12, 2012 Mr. Vilson

Sifting through the multitude of ungraded papers, I looked for some sign that they actually learned something. I hate entering in 55s in my Excel sheet. A teacher can say whatever they want to the kids, and threaten them about not doing well, but most of us prefer that all of our kids do well [...]

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Teach Others How To Lead, And Other Tips [Edutopia]

November 8, 2012 Mr. Vilson

An excerpt from my latest Edutopia article: Do: Teach Others How to Lead Everyone has expertise in some way, shape or form. Some teachers have great organizing skills (who doesn’t need this?!). Others understand how to put together curriculum materials. Still others have mastered building great teacher-student relationships. Rather than focus on deficiencies, we can [...]

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An Open Letter To The Present and Future President Obama [2012 and Beyond]

November 8, 2012 Jose

Dear President Obama, You’ve won. Congratulations. Honestly. As an independent, I had no initial horse in this race, but as a Afro-Latino, I’m proud that you’ve once again managed to claim the White House as yours, in a country where the bones, blood, and sweat of African slaves and Native Americans sit under the House [...]

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Top 10 List Of Things To Do For NYC Teachers Going To Work On Friday

November 1, 2012 Jose

NYC schools are officially closed on Friday … for students. For teachers, Mayor Bloomberg and Chancellor Walcott sent out a memo to all teachers and administrators to go back to school on Friday. The cynical me remembers the few days in the school year when I tell my students they don’t have school but I [...]

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If You Build The Relationship, The Network Will Come [Future of Teaching]

October 31, 2012 Mr. Vilson

An excerpt from my latest at the Future of Teaching: Nowadays, people have little qualms about making friends online and meeting them in person. To wit, the Teaching 2030 team still has strong ties, even though we rarely get to see each other collectively. Part of that came from having a common goal and vision, [...]

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Wherever The DREAM May Lead Us [An Education For All]

October 25, 2012 Jose

Recently, the conversation around the use of the word “illegal immigrant” came to a precipice when the New York Times’ public editor said there was nothing wrong with using the phrase. Writers like Jose Antonio Vargas and institutions like Univision chimed in, and rightly so. “Illegal immigrant” suggests that the immigrant themselves is illegal. The [...]

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Allow More Mistakes, And Other Advice for Getting Kids Into Math [Edutopia]

October 18, 2012 Mr. Vilson

An excerpt from my latest (highly shared) Edutopia article: 1) Allow More Mistakes I would suggest this to just about every teacher, but specifically math teachers, especially those of us who use the word “wrong” a lot. We should strike a balance between using direct instruction and exploration, leaning more on the exploration piece. Once [...]

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