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] 
Honesty In The Time Of Professionalism 
Don’t Talk To Me About Personal Responsibility If … 
Am I Not Human: Guantana-Close 
All I Ever Had: Redemption Songs ![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] ![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] 
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: Honesty In The Time Of Professionalism http://t.co/8YM5qDWWfnThis happened a couple of hours agoJose Vilson said: Honesty In The Time Of Professionalism http://t.co/HA7bCylibqThis happened a couple of hours agoJose Vilson said: @austinkleon "Baby You're A Rich Man" perhaps?This happened a couple of hours agoJose Vilson said: Back from hiatus ...This happened about 3 hours agoJose Vilson said: Anyone who purposely puts themselves in the public eye will get scrutinized. This Steve Perry piece is deserved: http://t.co/C3WwvL4ZpvThis happened about 5 hours agoThe Jose Vilson, A Thesis Production.