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I Only Do This Because You’re Doing Well [Stop Asking Me About Your Grades]
June 4, 2017![Featured image for “Superpower [A Tough Love]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/superpower-video-clip.png?fit=1044%2C553&quality=80&ssl=1)
Superpower [A Tough Love]
May 29, 2017
A Mathematical Five-Minute Tribute to Hamilton the Musical
May 23, 2017
Vivid Dreams and Hard Work
May 21, 2017
The Trump In All Of Us
May 7, 2017
Why Are You Looking For The Living Among The Dead?
April 16, 2017![Featured image for “A Story About The High Expectations Conversation [The Art of the Professional Insult]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_9xr2bt.png?fit=1440%2C971&quality=80&ssl=1)
A Story About The High Expectations Conversation [The Art of the Professional Insult]
April 11, 2017
In Defense Of Our Dreams
April 2, 2017
Kalief Browder and the School-To-Prison Pipeline
March 26, 2017
If You Teach And No One Learns, Did You Really Teach?
March 19, 2017
Text From My Speech at #March4EducationNY
March 6, 2017
Why I Will March (Stand For Something)
February 27, 2017
W.E.B. DuBois and Dual Consciousness For Teachers of Color
February 21, 2017
With An Upright Zeal (On Teaching With This Fire)
February 5, 2017
Don’t Blame The Kids (On The Women’s March and Getting “Woke”)
January 22, 2017![Featured image for “The Work Ahead [An Annenberg Institute Interview]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-19-at-10.16.14-PM.png?fit=1458%2C726&quality=80&ssl=1)
The Work Ahead [An Annenberg Institute Interview]
January 20, 2017![Featured image for “What Educators Can Do Now To Honor MLK Besides Post Quotes [On #MLKNow]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/riversidechurch.jpg?fit=2203%2C1652&quality=80&ssl=1)
What Educators Can Do Now To Honor MLK Besides Post Quotes [On #MLKNow]
January 17, 2017
My Child, Your Child, Everyone’s Child (Five Years An Actual Father)
January 11, 2017
How This Educator Handles Trolls (Bob and Weave Em)
January 4, 2017![Featured image for “Top Posts of 2016, According To You [Year In Review]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Chance_The_Rapper_Chance_3-front-large.jpg?fit=800%2C800&quality=80&ssl=1)
Top Posts of 2016, According To You [Year In Review]
December 29, 2016![Featured image for “Why I Never Let A Statue Tell Me How Nice I Am [2016 In Review]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/phifedawg2.jpg?fit=715%2C477&quality=80&ssl=1)
Why I Never Let A Statue Tell Me How Nice I Am [2016 In Review]
December 27, 2016![Featured image for “A Reaction To Mayor de Blasio’s Equity and Excellence Plan [Math for America]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/billdeblasiofallfunction.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=80&ssl=1)
A Reaction To Mayor de Blasio’s Equity and Excellence Plan [Math for America]
December 22, 2016![Featured image for “Becoming National Board Certified (Third Time’s The Charm) [The Standard]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/nationalboardletter-e1482758146235.jpg?fit=1077%2C637&quality=80&ssl=1)
Becoming National Board Certified (Third Time’s The Charm) [The Standard]
December 21, 2016![Featured image for “Let’s Unpresident Trump [The Progressive]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/alecbaldwintrump.jpg?fit=876%2C493&quality=80&ssl=1)
Let’s Unpresident Trump [The Progressive]
December 18, 2016
Politics Are Always At Play In Our Classrooms
November 20, 2016
The Trump Voters In Our Classrooms
November 6, 2016
Three Ways To Reclaim Your Joy As A Teacher
October 23, 2016
A Few Questions With Marylin Zuniga (An Interview)
October 16, 2016
A Quick Note About This 40 Under 40 List Thing
October 13, 2016![Featured image for “Let Students Pronounce Themselves (On Pronouns and Identity) [Guest Post]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/IMG_3062-e1482758448433.jpg?fit=2560%2C1171&quality=80&ssl=1)
Let Students Pronounce Themselves (On Pronouns and Identity) [Guest Post]
October 9, 2016
Hope of a Black – Latino Educator (Evolution)
September 25, 2016
Fear of a Black Educator, Part 2
September 21, 2016
Fear Of A Black Educator, Part 1
September 20, 2016
The Little Light Of Mine (On EdCampBrooklyn and Movement Building)
September 18, 2016
Love and Hate, Sorta (It’s Only Been Two Days)
September 12, 2016![Featured image for “Race, The Little Rock Nine, and Our Obligation as Educators [Video]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/emmett-till-trayvon-martin-mike-brown-1.jpg?fit=621%2C626&quality=80&ssl=1)
Race, The Little Rock Nine, and Our Obligation as Educators [Video]
September 8, 2016
The First Parent-Teacher Conference of One
September 7, 2016
Major Key: What It Means To Have A Leader-ful, Not Leaderless, Movement
September 4, 2016
One More Thing About Dominican Pride (Jose Vilson for Mayor)
September 2, 2016
Mr. Vilson’s #SoGoneChallenge (Chance The Rapper Has Nothing On Me)
August 30, 2016
Kaepernick: Standing Up By Sitting Down and How Our Kids See Patriotism
August 29, 2016
A Brick In The Path (Promised Lands Are Never Promises Kept)
August 25, 2016
Vacation Is Not Really Vacation, Pt. 1
August 21, 2016
Show Solidarity with Words & Actions
August 19, 2016
Macroaggressions: Next Level School Culture
August 16, 2016
Microaggressions in School Culture
August 15, 2016
What This Teacher Means By Self-Care
August 11, 2016
Five Ways To Show Students You Care
August 9, 2016