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And You May Ask Yourself, “Well, How Did I Get Here?”

July 16, 2015
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Fred Klonsky: Institutional Racism Is Alive, And We’re It

July 7, 2015
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Not Business As Usual at the NEA (A Peek Into Institutional Racism)

July 6, 2015
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The Students at the Center of Your Education Movement

July 2, 2015
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For Us, By Us: 5 Tips for An Authentic Educator Voice

June 30, 2015
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Silence Is Violence [EduColor]

June 24, 2015
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Despite All My Rage

June 17, 2015
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Take Me To Church [On TFA, #BlackLivesMatter, and Education]

June 15, 2015

The Karen Fitzgibbons In Us [Scenarios USA]

June 14, 2015
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Agents Of The State

June 7, 2015
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What Jay Z Freestyled, Applied To Education Reform

June 3, 2015
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Much Ado About 20 Days Left [On Whatever Teaching We Have Left]

May 31, 2015

Speaking on the Criminalization of Black Youth

May 26, 2015
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Teacher Appreciation

May 21, 2015
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Stare Them In The Eyes

May 17, 2015
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Why Math Is A Social Justice Issue [Edutopia]

May 12, 2015
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A Child’s First Teacher

May 10, 2015
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Were You At The Protest, Too?

May 3, 2015
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Raisins Exploding In The Sun

April 28, 2015
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Of Challenge and Controversy (Why I Support Marylin Zuniga)

April 19, 2015
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The Short Hand on the Clock (On Common Core State Testing)

April 15, 2015
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Opting Out of Everything

April 12, 2015
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Recruiting Educators of Color In The Time of Race To The Top

April 6, 2015
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Gerson Borrero Interviews Me on Teachers of Color [Video]

April 2, 2015
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Why I Disagree With Robert Reich on College and Career Readiness

March 29, 2015
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This Is Not A Test, New York Edition [Thanks, NYCoRE]

March 23, 2015
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New York City’s Fractured Relationship With Teachers Of Color

March 17, 2015
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Up Next

March 15, 2015
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Cultural Competence Means Professional Competence [Edutopia]

March 11, 2015
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For What It’s Worth (On Blogging As A Teacher for Eight Years)

March 9, 2015
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The Crosshairs of High Expectations and Poverty

March 5, 2015
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There Is No “How To” For Teacher Leadership

March 1, 2015
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What Works For My Kids

February 26, 2015
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Why We Need Black History Month In The First Place

February 22, 2015
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White Administrators’ Guilt

February 17, 2015
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Rescinding My Invite to Governor Andrew Cuomo

February 11, 2015

A System of Ninety Equations

February 8, 2015

Exclusive: The Classroom and the Precinct, Accurately [The Enemy]

February 1, 2015
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Less Is More When It Comes To Teacher Time [Edutopia]

January 29, 2015
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For My Fellow Male Educators of Color

January 27, 2015
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How Radical Is Your Martin Luther King Jr.?

January 19, 2015
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Angela Davis and The Failures of Leadership

January 13, 2015
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The Other Half of Teachers

January 7, 2015
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The 10 Best Posts on TheJoseVilson, 2014 Edition

December 31, 2014
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We Can Never Turn Our Backs

December 29, 2014
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Live and Let Die

December 21, 2014
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The Race Discourse (So Hopefully You Won’t Have To Go Through That)

December 16, 2014
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Teacher Barely Notices Mannequins In A Classroom Prank

December 7, 2014
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Don’t Choke Our Kids

December 3, 2014
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Educators Say The Darndest Things About Kids of Color

November 30, 2014