Jose Vilson, PhD

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The educator Gotham deserves. Math teacher turned sociologist + policy, studying contemporary and historical teacher professionalism and work , best-selling author, executive director, adjunct, father. Join the movement 👇🏾 thejosevilson.com/newsletter

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Picture of Black man with a blue shirt in a circle. Multi-color flyer with text: JANE GROSSMAN CECIL '50 AND DONALD CECIL MEMORIAL LECTURE ON EDUCATION DR. JOSÉ VILSON Education is Political: An Educator's Journey to Activism and Scholarship Dr. José Vilson is the executive director of EduColor, an organization dedicated to building, supporting, and amplifying communities of educators of color. He currently works as a postdoctoral research associate at Bank Street College of Education and an adjunct associate professor at Teachers College, Columbia University. He is the author of the bestselling book This Is Not A Test: A New Narrative on Race, Class, and Education. February 5 5:30-6:30 PM Hillyer Auditorium, Graham Hall Sponsored by: Jandon Education Initiative, Education & Child Study, and Five Colleges Community Based Learning Network
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Video preview of Bad Bunny No Me Quiero Ir De Aqui: Una Más concert …
A black man and a black woman, both journalists, discussing the present and future of journalism, sitting in chairs on an elevated stage with a big multicolor sign that says Fast Company Innovation Festival.
A boy and his mom (both in white tops) looking at a painting of a Black woman in a white dress with multiple patterns with her head gracefully on her chin (Michelle Obama)
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what they did yesterday afternoon Warsan Shire they set my aunts house on fire i cried the way women on tv do folding at the middle like a five pound note. i called the boy who used to love me tried to 'okay' my voice i said hello he said warsan, what's wrong, what's happened? i've been praying, and these are what my prayers look like; dear god i come from two countries one is thirsty the other is on fire both need water. later that night i held an atlas in my lap ran my fingers across the whole world and whispered where does it hurt? it answered everywhere everywhere everywhere.
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Background: a gridded collage of New York City skyline, money with founding fathers, classroom, President Obama hi-fiving child in front of flag, US capital Blue and green overlay. Top text: Teachers College, ColumbiaUniversity TUE & THU May 22 - Jul 2, 2025 2pm ET Mid-text: EDPS4000 Education and Public Policy Bottom text: 1. Which policy decisions are best made at what level of the educational system: federal, state, or local? 2. How does the separate and unequal nature of American schooling affect decision-making processes, and how do these contrasts explain where we are today in terms of educational policy and implementation? 3. Is education a public good, a private good, or both? Whose interests have been served in the past? Whose interests have been left behind? Come learn about some of the themes, policies, and cases that have shaped education in the United States! FOR MORE INFO:JV2742@TC.COLUMBIA.EDU
Background of people in drawings. Overlayed title: AERA2025 Presidential Session® Evidence for the Right to Learn Research Responses to Bans on Teaching and Learning This interactive session will present research syntheses designed to help educators, policymakers, parents, and advocates speak back to efforts to ban good teaching with evidence about how children learn and how best to prepare the next generation for a multiracial democracy. Chair: Amy Stuart Wells • Janelle Scott Participants: Derek Black • Jessica Blum-DeStefano • Adrienne Dixson • Jennifer Jellison Holme • Gloria Ladson-Billings • Talia S. Leibovitz • José Vilson Discussants: Adam Gamoran • Leah Watson When: Wed, April 23, 4:20 to 5:50pm MDT Where: Colorado Convention Center: Ballroom Level, Mile High Ballroom 4EF (R)
Caricature of Statue of Liberty sipping tea and holding different subject area books. Text: WHAT'S THE TEA® NYC? join us for our CAMPAIGN LAUNCH!- MARCH 19TH 4 PM / 52 CHAMBERS ST. VISIT OUR MOBILE TEA SHOP & help us build a ROADMAP FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR MORE INFO VISIT WWW.RJPS.ORG JOIN US FOR OUR LAUNCH We'll introduce our campaign, engage communities in shaping our policy agenda, and share ways to take action. Don't miss this opportunity to amplify your voice for racially just public schools in New York City!
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Cartoon showing the evolution from MAGA man to Nazi
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Bald Black man in a yellow shirt and blue cardigan at a podium speaking in front of an audience. The presentation says: “Most of my work as a math teacher isn’t even math. It’s helping students believe that they can also do math. We don’t talk about that enough.” On the left, a camera is recording the presentation.
Older man fakes heart attack against assailant and says “aagh, call an ambulance! But not for me”