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] ![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] ![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] ![The NFL Draft Has Lots To Teach Administrators [Edutopia]](http://thejosevilson.com/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/no_thumb.jpg)
The NFL Draft Has Lots To Teach Administrators [Edutopia] 
Don’t Talk To Me About Personal Responsibility If … 
Short Notes: Disempowerment Is A Cooperative Act 
Am I Not Human: Guantana-Close 
All I Ever Had: Redemption Songs 
Quvenzhané Wallis, Matthew McConaughey, and How We See Our Children of Color 
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 Don’t Talk To Me About Personal Responsibility If … 
My Ballot or My Bullet 
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: @johnkuhntx exactly right. I've seen that from a bunch of different people, and I'm like, "WTF are you talking about?" -snickers-This happened 19 minutes agoJose Vilson said: @NatashaVianna The RZA is shaking his head at him ...This happened 21 minutes agoJose Vilson said: @johnkuhntx they don't really have a good understanding of a) the argument being made or b) actual assessment.This happened 25 minutes agoJose Vilson said: RT @josepicardo: Happy birthday to the World Wide Web, which went public 20 years ago today (and is still blocked by many schools)This happened 29 minutes agoJose Vilson said: @Oman2Bill yep. Quiet gems are almost as important as the #1 draft choice ...This happened 34 minutes agoThe Jose Vilson, A Thesis Production.