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College and Career Whatever Have You
February 29, 2016Listen To Me and My Favorite Songs [Rhymes and Reason]
February 26, 2016
Real Solidarity In The Time of Education Reform
February 21, 2016
Watch Dana Goldstein and Me Talk With Teachers at NJEA
February 18, 2016
Schools on Trial And What Does Progress Mean?
February 17, 2016
Justice Scalia, Affirmative Action, and Why Shame Is Not An Option
February 14, 2016![Featured image for “Toni Morrison Speaks To Me About Racism [The Work]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/morrison.jpg?fit=542%2C674&quality=100&ssl=1)
Toni Morrison Speaks To Me About Racism [The Work]
February 11, 2016
Why We Must Believe (Our Formation)
February 10, 2016
The Beautiful Teacher Struggle
February 4, 2016
When Two Or More Of Us Are Gathered (An EduCon Reflection)
February 3, 2016
Design of a Decade: Moments From 10 Years Of Writing
January 27, 2016![Featured image for “What Happens When My Student Curses At Me [Teaching Tolerance]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/TT52_First-Bell_Why-I-Teach_Jose-Vilson.jpg?fit=560%2C434&quality=100&ssl=1)
What Happens When My Student Curses At Me [Teaching Tolerance]
January 25, 2016
What Do You Mean, Excessive Paperwork?
January 22, 2016
Are You About That MLK Jr. Life?
January 18, 2016
My Reaction to the President’s State of the Union Address
January 13, 2016
My New Year’s Resolve
January 10, 2016
These Feet Will Drag (A Poem)
January 3, 2016
The Top JLV Posts of 2015 (According To You And Me)
December 30, 2015
A List of Things I’ve Learned in 2015
December 28, 2015
A Bit About The “End” of No Child Left Behind
December 20, 2015
Hope and the Teacher
December 16, 2015![Featured image for “The Dea(r)th of Opinions [TFA and Writing As A Whole]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/car-tint.jpg?fit=600%2C450&quality=100&ssl=1)
The Dea(r)th of Opinions [TFA and Writing As A Whole]
December 13, 2015
The Students Always Do That
December 8, 2015![Featured image for “Through The Wire [This Is Still Not A Test]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Screen-Shot-2015-12-03-at-9.17.54-PM.png?fit=1121%2C628&quality=100&ssl=1)
Through The Wire [This Is Still Not A Test]
December 3, 2015![Featured image for “Bad Teacherist [Reading Roxane Gay]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/roxane-gay.jpg?fit=600%2C338&quality=100&ssl=1)
Bad Teacherist [Reading Roxane Gay]
November 29, 2015![Featured image for “Thankful For You [Luz and Ale]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/IMG_20151107_194905.jpg?fit=2560%2C1440&quality=100&ssl=1)
Thankful For You [Luz and Ale]
November 27, 2015![Featured image for “I’m Not Racist, But My Kid’s Not Going There [On Segregation]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Daniel-Hale-Williams-PS-307.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&quality=100&ssl=1)
I’m Not Racist, But My Kid’s Not Going There [On Segregation]
November 24, 2015![Featured image for “A Not-Review of <em>More Than A Score</em> [Edu-Activated]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/MTaS-Fb.jpg?fit=851%2C315&quality=100&ssl=1)
A Not-Review of More Than A Score [Edu-Activated]
November 22, 2015![Featured image for “How I Got Over [College Activism Is A Must]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/MeAngelaDavisLemnyPerez.jpg?fit=604%2C452&quality=100&ssl=1)
How I Got Over [College Activism Is A Must]
November 19, 2015![Featured image for “I Saw A Generation of Educators Destroyed By Silence In Tragedy [Howl Again]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/AllenGinsbergPA100811.jpg?fit=552%2C368&quality=100&ssl=1)
I Saw A Generation of Educators Destroyed By Silence In Tragedy [Howl Again]
November 15, 2015![Featured image for “Mizzou Football and Why It Matters for Schools [LinkedIn]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/missouri.jpg?fit=1000%2C396&quality=100&ssl=1)
Mizzou Football and Why It Matters for Schools [LinkedIn]
November 12, 2015
The Investment (A Message To New Jersey Teachers)
November 8, 2015![Featured image for “Who Created The Cages? [About That Teacher Life]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/broken_bird_cage_by_tinhan.jpg?fit=1024%2C580&quality=100&ssl=1)
Who Created The Cages? [About That Teacher Life]
November 4, 2015![Featured image for “Like Water Off A Duck’s Back [A Note on Duncan’s Legacy]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ARNE-DUNCAN.jpg?fit=2000%2C1000&quality=100&ssl=1)
Like Water Off A Duck’s Back [A Note on Duncan’s Legacy]
November 1, 2015![Featured image for “Lead With Love [Spring Valley High Is Your School Too]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/n-HEART-large570.jpg?fit=570%2C238&quality=100&ssl=1)
Lead With Love [Spring Valley High Is Your School Too]
October 30, 2015![Featured image for “We’re Wrong [Reflecting on Spring Valley High]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/face-painted-on-hands-e1361470447697-620x364.jpg?fit=620%2C364&quality=100&ssl=1)
We’re Wrong [Reflecting on Spring Valley High]
October 27, 2015![Featured image for “This Is What Has To Be Done [#WhyIWrite]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/rakim-focus.jpg?fit=1920%2C900&quality=100&ssl=1)
This Is What Has To Be Done [#WhyIWrite]
October 20, 2015
EduShyster and I Tag Team On A Microphone
October 18, 2015
Where Have All The Teachers of Color Gone? (With Answers)
October 11, 2015![Featured image for “Mmmmm Oh My Gosh, Stop Lying, Ms. Moskowitz! [Medium]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/lyingmain1-1442349005.gif?fit=800%2C400&ssl=1)
Mmmmm Oh My Gosh, Stop Lying, Ms. Moskowitz! [Medium]
October 8, 2015
Shut. It. Down. (On The Battles for Racial Equity and Public Education)
October 4, 2015Our Justice Is Complicated
October 1, 2015![Featured image for “#DontStealPossible My A … [The Progressive]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Dont-Steal-Possible-Foley-Sq.-Demonstration-100214.png?fit=724%2C485&quality=100&ssl=1)
#DontStealPossible My A … [The Progressive]
September 29, 2015
Short Notes: Share and Share Alike
September 27, 2015
Why Integration In New York Won’t Work
September 23, 2015![Featured image for “What A Time To Be Alive [The Secret Sauce]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/drakefuture.jpg?fit=2000%2C1333&quality=100&ssl=1)
What A Time To Be Alive [The Secret Sauce]
September 20, 2015
The Eleventh Honeymoon
September 17, 2015
Chris Lehmann, Zac Chase, and the Game of Inches
September 13, 2015