This Is Not A Test: A New Narrative on Race, Class, and Education

This Is Not A Test: A New Narrative on Race, Class, and Education

This Is Not A Test: A New Narrative on Race, Class, and Education

This Is Not A Test: A New Narrative on Race, Class, and Education

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Overview

José Vilson writes about race, class, and education through stories from the classroom and researched essays. His rise from rookie math teacher to prominent teacher leader takes a twist when he takes on education reform through his now-blocked eponymous blog, TheJoseVilson.com. He calls for the reclaiming of the education profession while seeking social justice.

José Vilson is a middle school math educator for in the Inwood/Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City. He writes for Edutopia, GOOD, and TransformED / Future of Teaching, and his work has appeared in Education Week, CNN.com, Huffington Post, and El Diario / La Prensa.



Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781608464289
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Publication date: 05/05/2014
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 220
Sales rank: 962,110
File size: 282 KB

About the Author

José Luis Vilson is a math educator for a middle school in the Inwood / Washington Heights neighborhood of New York, NY. He writes for Edutopia, GOOD, and TransformED / Future of Teaching, and has written for CNN.com, Education Week, Huffington Post, and El Diario / La Prensa, NY.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

ON PERSPECTIVE [AN INTRODUCTION] 3
PLEASE PUT YOUR PENCILS DOWN 9
PRELUDE TO A HURRICANE 20
CAN IT BE THAT IT WAS ALL SO SIMPLE THEN? 32
A SYNOPSIS OF THE ROAD LESS WANTED 44
FALSE KINGS 54
THE ANSWER 65
The Post-TFA Assessment 72
BLUE MAGIC 80
THE HOMEROOM IS A HOME 87
SNITCHES OPEN STITCHES 96
ON THE REASON WHY YOU DON’T SEE MORE BLACK / LATINO TEACHERS ... YET 102
THE FINE ART OF THE CLASSROOM JOKE 117
WHAT HAPPENED 123
IT DOESN’T MATTER WITH ME NOW 132
RACE AND EDUCATION WRITING IN THE 21ST CENTURY 139
TECHNICALLY, IT’S CALLED CONVENIENT IGNORANCE 147
WHY YOU POST-RACIALISTS GET IT WRONG … AGAIN 153
BAND OF BROTHERS 159
GOD GOT JOKES (THE CASE OF 702) 172
IT’S THE LIFE 180
GENESIS OF A NEMESIS 187
WHITE NOISE (ON BEHALF OF RUBEN REDMAN) 193
GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD 198
A CAUTIONARY NOTE TO BURGEONING TEACHER LEADERS [THE EAGLE VS THE HUMMINGBIRD] 206
CONSIDER TEACHING 211
ON THE STATE OF TEACHER VOICE 216
AFTERWORD 232
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