One thing before I continue: I’ll be featuring tomorrow (May 17th) at Bar 13 in NYC with Gloria Fontanez, Thomas Fucalora, and the main event

This afternoon, I received an glossy unsolicited mailing from Education Reform Now, and after careful consideration, maybe I shouldn’t have picked up the mail today.

When Alex Rodriguez got his first huge Texas-sized contract in 2000, I remember the analogies to education come through published reports hard. “Why is it

I honestly can’t believe I’ve written 600 of these essays. I went from a little blog somewhere in the atmosphere to getting a nice pat-on-the-back

A few notes: Most of my readers have seen Dan Meyer’s TEDxNYED talk on YouTube, and if you haven’t, it’s worth a look. What’s important

The winner of the WAR Book Giveaway is Michelle. Michelle, I’ll be in contact with you shortly. Thanks to all of you who participated. I

What are you afraid of? Click here. Follow the instructions. And you get a chance at a free book. It’s that simple. And it ends

To new math teachers, this sort of stress only compares to that getting injected with a thin, long needle for the first time or sitting

Last night, while I got adjusted to my work-sleep schedule, I decided I’d catch the season premiere of Boondocks, a cartoon known as much for

A few notes: And ladies and gentlemen, don’t forget: there are only a couple of days left ’til my first book giveaway is over! Peace.

A couple of days ago on the train, I saw a young Black man with a Cubs hat, a multi-colored jacket and a Black t-shirt

Yesterday, Thomas Hagan, the only person who admitted to murdering Malcolm X, was released by the New York State Department of Correctional Services. The outrage

Welcome to the first ever The Jose Vilson book giveaway! -applause- I’ll be doing a few of these giveaways over the next couple of months.

First, please note that I’ve changed where my blog starts. If you haven’t already, please switch your feeds to http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheJoseVilson or just sign up via

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Today, while walking to school, I noticed a huge group of volunteers who, after construction workers pulled out slabs of fresh concrete from the sidewalk,

Anyone who’s ever had to fill in this blank understands my pain: “The real purpose of learning math is _____” I have a variety of

As most of you know, the National Core Standards are in full effect by 2013, and states who’d like the “Race to the Top” money

Hanging around poets, I often get random memes thrown in my direction. Sometimes, they’re simple writing prompts gathered from current events or some erudite writer,

A few notes: I finally fixed the arrangement of my page. You can go straight to my content from the front page. I also reorganized