Jose Vilson, PhD
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The educator Gotham deserves.
@educolor.org ED. Sociologist (with policy!), studying teacher professionalism and work, former NYC math teacher, best-selling author of This Is Not A Test.
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It feels good to get back into my writing, this time about math education and what we're missing when we discuss improving educational outcomes. To be among the first to get this well-researched essay, sign up at thejosevilson.com/newsletter.
Thank you!
Thank you!
I'll say this:
We're all susceptible to arguing or uplifting randoms and bots because that's part of being on social media.
People have been getting paid to antagonize you for "engagement" for years. The money was too good to have integrity about it.
We're all susceptible to arguing or uplifting randoms and bots because that's part of being on social media.
People have been getting paid to antagonize you for "engagement" for years. The money was too good to have integrity about it.
November 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I'll say this:
We're all susceptible to arguing or uplifting randoms and bots because that's part of being on social media.
People have been getting paid to antagonize you for "engagement" for years. The money was too good to have integrity about it.
We're all susceptible to arguing or uplifting randoms and bots because that's part of being on social media.
People have been getting paid to antagonize you for "engagement" for years. The money was too good to have integrity about it.
Next step: reclaim public education as a right.
In a massive backlash against MAGA fascism, Democrats have now swept school board elections in Pennsylvania, Texas and Ohio and defeating all terrorist Moms For Liberty candidates in the process. Much more of this please, we have a democracy to rescue. 💙👊
November 24, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Next step: reclaim public education as a right.
“When you decide to do the kind of things that really start to make a difference and get people listening to you, and you have an impact, it starts to make some people a little bit nervous. And you find yourself starting to become a target.”
- Kenny Riley
- Kenny Riley
November 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
“When you decide to do the kind of things that really start to make a difference and get people listening to you, and you have an impact, it starts to make some people a little bit nervous. And you find yourself starting to become a target.”
- Kenny Riley
- Kenny Riley
More evidence for abolishing ICE at the first opportunity.
Dipshit is smashing out a car window with his gun, barrel first. Just rogue, cowboy stiff.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 1:38 AM
More evidence for abolishing ICE at the first opportunity.
I woke up this morning with people mad that Mamdani ate everyone’s lunch yesterday:
- Trump
- GOP (esp. Stefanik)
- corporate Dems
- news media
There are people willing to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory and call it “radical.”
Yeah, nah. I mean that in the most NYC way possible.
- Trump
- GOP (esp. Stefanik)
- corporate Dems
- news media
There are people willing to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory and call it “radical.”
Yeah, nah. I mean that in the most NYC way possible.
November 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I woke up this morning with people mad that Mamdani ate everyone’s lunch yesterday:
- Trump
- GOP (esp. Stefanik)
- corporate Dems
- news media
There are people willing to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory and call it “radical.”
Yeah, nah. I mean that in the most NYC way possible.
- Trump
- GOP (esp. Stefanik)
- corporate Dems
- news media
There are people willing to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory and call it “radical.”
Yeah, nah. I mean that in the most NYC way possible.
Forget the charm. Peep the strategy.
Mamdani’s been telling you he’s not scared since Day 1. This is all hard-won people-facing politics. He’ll go to any house, including the White House, to get his agenda passed.
Mamdani’s been telling you he’s not scared since Day 1. This is all hard-won people-facing politics. He’ll go to any house, including the White House, to get his agenda passed.
November 22, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Forget the charm. Peep the strategy.
Mamdani’s been telling you he’s not scared since Day 1. This is all hard-won people-facing politics. He’ll go to any house, including the White House, to get his agenda passed.
Mamdani’s been telling you he’s not scared since Day 1. This is all hard-won people-facing politics. He’ll go to any house, including the White House, to get his agenda passed.
Just goes to show the value of meeting people face-to-face because the minute you pull up and ask them about those social media posts, you don’t see none of that energy.
Yes, I’m talking about Trump and Mamdani as well.
Yes, I’m talking about Trump and Mamdani as well.
November 21, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Just goes to show the value of meeting people face-to-face because the minute you pull up and ask them about those social media posts, you don’t see none of that energy.
Yes, I’m talking about Trump and Mamdani as well.
Yes, I’m talking about Trump and Mamdani as well.
When Congress has to vote on condemning an economic system that they’re all benefitting from, that says more about capitalism than socialism.
In this essay, I will …
In this essay, I will …
November 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
When Congress has to vote on condemning an economic system that they’re all benefitting from, that says more about capitalism than socialism.
In this essay, I will …
In this essay, I will …
Part of the problem with “Google it” assumes a baseline knowledge of what to look for and how.
Now that people are using LLMs to summarize articles they’re not really reading, it adds another tier of faux knowledge we’re not adjusting for.
Now that people are using LLMs to summarize articles they’re not really reading, it adds another tier of faux knowledge we’re not adjusting for.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Part of the problem with “Google it” assumes a baseline knowledge of what to look for and how.
Now that people are using LLMs to summarize articles they’re not really reading, it adds another tier of faux knowledge we’re not adjusting for.
Now that people are using LLMs to summarize articles they’re not really reading, it adds another tier of faux knowledge we’re not adjusting for.
It's not that the AI bubble is about to pop, which it is.
It's that we're already seeing people getting weary and wary of corporations force-feeding us AI content of all kinds.
Believe it or not, that includes schools.
It's that we're already seeing people getting weary and wary of corporations force-feeding us AI content of all kinds.
Believe it or not, that includes schools.
November 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
It's not that the AI bubble is about to pop, which it is.
It's that we're already seeing people getting weary and wary of corporations force-feeding us AI content of all kinds.
Believe it or not, that includes schools.
It's that we're already seeing people getting weary and wary of corporations force-feeding us AI content of all kinds.
Believe it or not, that includes schools.
It's parent-teacher conference season here!
As I tell people, the best time to have reached out to families and communities was the first month of the year. The second best time is now. As a teacher, I found that parent-teacher conferences were more efficient as a follow-up, not as an introduction.
As I tell people, the best time to have reached out to families and communities was the first month of the year. The second best time is now. As a teacher, I found that parent-teacher conferences were more efficient as a follow-up, not as an introduction.
November 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
It's parent-teacher conference season here!
As I tell people, the best time to have reached out to families and communities was the first month of the year. The second best time is now. As a teacher, I found that parent-teacher conferences were more efficient as a follow-up, not as an introduction.
As I tell people, the best time to have reached out to families and communities was the first month of the year. The second best time is now. As a teacher, I found that parent-teacher conferences were more efficient as a follow-up, not as an introduction.
I wish we talked about kids better. Not just about the news, but generally.
Adultification has been true for people of color for quite some time. It's not just a legal issue, but a moral and ethical one.
Our society could do more to let children live in their fullest childhood.
Adultification has been true for people of color for quite some time. It's not just a legal issue, but a moral and ethical one.
Our society could do more to let children live in their fullest childhood.
November 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I wish we talked about kids better. Not just about the news, but generally.
Adultification has been true for people of color for quite some time. It's not just a legal issue, but a moral and ethical one.
Our society could do more to let children live in their fullest childhood.
Adultification has been true for people of color for quite some time. It's not just a legal issue, but a moral and ethical one.
Our society could do more to let children live in their fullest childhood.
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NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
Wanna know what happened behind the scenes of the mayor-elect's last video before getting elected? And what that has to do with the movement towards affordability?
Read more here!
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Until We Get It Done (On My Meeting with Zohran Mamdani) | The Jose Vilson
A couple of Saturdays ago, I had an existential question that I couldn’t grapple over. “Do you think I should go canvass?” My wife, knowing ... Read More
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November 13, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Wanna know what happened behind the scenes of the mayor-elect's last video before getting elected? And what that has to do with the movement towards affordability?
Read more here!
thejosevilson.com/until-we-get...
Read more here!
thejosevilson.com/until-we-get...
It’s a good time to remember that, if we started from believing the women who came forward, we wouldn’t need the Epstein files.
November 13, 2025 at 12:08 AM
It’s a good time to remember that, if we started from believing the women who came forward, we wouldn’t need the Epstein files.
I let my students take over the class a bit and, again, I overplanned. These burgeoning scholars talked about everything from venture capitalism and Zohran Mamdani to gentrification and school privatization.
It’s so dope when I can see the sociological imagination really click for my students.
It’s so dope when I can see the sociological imagination really click for my students.
November 12, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I let my students take over the class a bit and, again, I overplanned. These burgeoning scholars talked about everything from venture capitalism and Zohran Mamdani to gentrification and school privatization.
It’s so dope when I can see the sociological imagination really click for my students.
It’s so dope when I can see the sociological imagination really click for my students.
Ah yes, another year of establishment Dems stealing defeat from the jaws of victory.
November 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Ah yes, another year of establishment Dems stealing defeat from the jaws of victory.
Reposted by Jose Vilson, PhD
I loved connecting with amazing math educators at the @mathforamerica.bsky.social Fall Function yesterday! Shoutouts to @thejosevilson.com, Amy Lee, Michael Archetti, Shari Eng, David Jeon, Julianne Bridge-Joseph, Scott Schwartz, Zuobin Tang, Ihn Lee, Gary Rubinstein) #MfAProud #MTBoS #ITeachMath
November 9, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I loved connecting with amazing math educators at the @mathforamerica.bsky.social Fall Function yesterday! Shoutouts to @thejosevilson.com, Amy Lee, Michael Archetti, Shari Eng, David Jeon, Julianne Bridge-Joseph, Scott Schwartz, Zuobin Tang, Ihn Lee, Gary Rubinstein) #MfAProud #MTBoS #ITeachMath
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Glad to present (on equity tasks and identity questions) AND run into @thejosevilson.com giving the opening address at AMTNYS 2025! #amtnys #MTBoS #ITeachMath
November 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Glad to present (on equity tasks and identity questions) AND run into @thejosevilson.com giving the opening address at AMTNYS 2025! #amtnys #MTBoS #ITeachMath
Also, they're not leaving NYC.
A few will try, but then they'll realize their friends were pump faking. Others were just posting on social media and weren't *actually* in any of the boroughs.
Affordability was a legit reason to leave and we knew that, too. That's why we stayed.
Let's get to work.
A few will try, but then they'll realize their friends were pump faking. Others were just posting on social media and weren't *actually* in any of the boroughs.
Affordability was a legit reason to leave and we knew that, too. That's why we stayed.
Let's get to work.
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Also, they're not leaving NYC.
A few will try, but then they'll realize their friends were pump faking. Others were just posting on social media and weren't *actually* in any of the boroughs.
Affordability was a legit reason to leave and we knew that, too. That's why we stayed.
Let's get to work.
A few will try, but then they'll realize their friends were pump faking. Others were just posting on social media and weren't *actually* in any of the boroughs.
Affordability was a legit reason to leave and we knew that, too. That's why we stayed.
Let's get to work.
Over the last year, I was told that Black voters in NYC would never vote for Mamdani, and that the Cuomo brand was too strong.
But the streets were telling me something different across all age groups. Shout outs to the organizers.
But the streets were telling me something different across all age groups. Shout outs to the organizers.
November 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Over the last year, I was told that Black voters in NYC would never vote for Mamdani, and that the Cuomo brand was too strong.
But the streets were telling me something different across all age groups. Shout outs to the organizers.
But the streets were telling me something different across all age groups. Shout outs to the organizers.
TURN THE VOLUME UP!
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 AM
TURN THE VOLUME UP!
I don't care what the polls say.
I don't care what the odds say.
I don't care what the online and TV pundits say.
NYC, if you haven't voted for Zohran Mamdani, please go.
If you voted, please ask your friends.
Let's leave no stone unturned. The movement is now.
zohranfornyc.com/vote
I don't care what the odds say.
I don't care what the online and TV pundits say.
NYC, if you haven't voted for Zohran Mamdani, please go.
If you voted, please ask your friends.
Let's leave no stone unturned. The movement is now.
zohranfornyc.com/vote
November 4, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I don't care what the polls say.
I don't care what the odds say.
I don't care what the online and TV pundits say.
NYC, if you haven't voted for Zohran Mamdani, please go.
If you voted, please ask your friends.
Let's leave no stone unturned. The movement is now.
zohranfornyc.com/vote
I don't care what the odds say.
I don't care what the online and TV pundits say.
NYC, if you haven't voted for Zohran Mamdani, please go.
If you voted, please ask your friends.
Let's leave no stone unturned. The movement is now.
zohranfornyc.com/vote
The GW Bush era radicalized people in my generation.
While older folks praised Bush/Cheney for their imperial agenda, a bunch of us asked "How we stop dropping bombs and feed more people?"
I won't mourn Dick Cheney, but I want to thank him for clearly exemplifying the evils of militarism.
While older folks praised Bush/Cheney for their imperial agenda, a bunch of us asked "How we stop dropping bombs and feed more people?"
I won't mourn Dick Cheney, but I want to thank him for clearly exemplifying the evils of militarism.
November 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The GW Bush era radicalized people in my generation.
While older folks praised Bush/Cheney for their imperial agenda, a bunch of us asked "How we stop dropping bombs and feed more people?"
I won't mourn Dick Cheney, but I want to thank him for clearly exemplifying the evils of militarism.
While older folks praised Bush/Cheney for their imperial agenda, a bunch of us asked "How we stop dropping bombs and feed more people?"
I won't mourn Dick Cheney, but I want to thank him for clearly exemplifying the evils of militarism.
Yall aren’t on IG, so here’s a GOTV I did with … @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.
No, seriously.
Go to zohranfornyc.com/GOTV and let’s get it done.
No, seriously.
Go to zohranfornyc.com/GOTV and let’s get it done.
November 3, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Yall aren’t on IG, so here’s a GOTV I did with … @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.
No, seriously.
Go to zohranfornyc.com/GOTV and let’s get it done.
No, seriously.
Go to zohranfornyc.com/GOTV and let’s get it done.