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![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=80&ssl=1)
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=80&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=80&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=80&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=80&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=80&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=80&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=80&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
Pedro Noguera Leaves To LA and We’re The Remainder
September 10, 2015
With Only Two Days Left
September 6, 2015
Take Me To The Place I Love, Take Me All The Way
September 4, 2015![Featured image for “The Path [A Reflection On My Tenth Year of Teaching]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/IMG_20150827_175955314.jpg?fit=2560%2C1440&quality=80&ssl=1)
The Path [A Reflection On My Tenth Year of Teaching]
September 1, 2015![Featured image for “You’d Be On C-SPAN Getting Mic’d Up Too [Video]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Screen-Shot-2015-08-26-at-4.36.11-PM.png?fit=1022%2C445&quality=80&ssl=1)
You’d Be On C-SPAN Getting Mic’d Up Too [Video]
August 26, 2015
The Blackout (Why #BlackLivesMatter Owes Nothing To You)
August 23, 2015
Mission High and the Full Beauty of the World
August 20, 2015![Featured image for “The Prison of the Mind [On Kalief Browder]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_0274.jpg?fit=637%2C360&quality=80&ssl=1)
The Prison of the Mind [On Kalief Browder]
August 18, 2015
We Have A Long Way To Go With Testing, But Where To?
August 16, 2015![Featured image for “#TheEmptyDesk In Our Classrooms [On Social Media and Educational Activism]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Screen-Shot-2015-08-11-at-9.30.08-PM.png?fit=1019%2C482&quality=80&ssl=1)
#TheEmptyDesk In Our Classrooms [On Social Media and Educational Activism]
August 11, 2015
Alright (My Identity in Passing)
August 9, 2015
Is Public Education In the US Broken Beyond Repair? Well, Is It?
August 6, 2015
What Does It Mean For A Student To Deserve Promotion?
August 3, 2015
On Ron Thorpe and The Bridge Between Teaching and Leading
July 29, 2015
Get Up Offa That Thing (Summer-Shaming)
July 26, 2015![Featured image for “How I Engage With New Teachers [Gems from the Dirt]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Dirt.jpg?fit=526%2C228&quality=80&ssl=1)
How I Engage With New Teachers [Gems from the Dirt]
July 20, 2015
And You May Ask Yourself, “Well, How Did I Get Here?”
July 16, 2015
Fred Klonsky: Institutional Racism Is Alive, And We’re It
July 7, 2015
Not Business As Usual at the NEA (A Peek Into Institutional Racism)
July 6, 2015
The Students at the Center of Your Education Movement
July 2, 2015
For Us, By Us: 5 Tips for An Authentic Educator Voice
June 30, 2015![Featured image for “Silence Is Violence [EduColor]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Screen-Shot-2015-06-21-at-9.36.03-PM-820x490.png?fit=820%2C490&quality=80&ssl=1)
Silence Is Violence [EduColor]
June 24, 2015
Despite All My Rage
June 17, 2015![Featured image for “Take Me To Church [On TFA, #BlackLivesMatter, and Education]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/prayer-church-16x9.png?fit=650%2C366&quality=80&ssl=1)
Take Me To Church [On TFA, #BlackLivesMatter, and Education]
June 15, 2015The Karen Fitzgibbons In Us [Scenarios USA]
June 14, 2015
Agents Of The State
June 7, 2015
What Jay Z Freestyled, Applied To Education Reform
June 3, 2015![Featured image for “Much Ado About 20 Days Left [On Whatever Teaching We Have Left]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/laughcry.gif?fit=393%2C300&ssl=1)
Much Ado About 20 Days Left [On Whatever Teaching We Have Left]
May 31, 2015Speaking on the Criminalization of Black Youth
May 26, 2015
Teacher Appreciation
May 21, 2015
Stare Them In The Eyes
May 17, 2015![Featured image for “Why Math Is A Social Justice Issue [Edutopia]”](https://i0.wp.com/thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/vilson-math-as-social-justice-lever-01.jpg?fit=460%2C345&quality=80&ssl=1)