Jose Vilson, PhD
@thejosevilson.com
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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Jose Vilson, PhD
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· Sep 23
The Jose Vilson Newsletter | The Jose Vilson
The Jose Vilson Newsletter with insights about education, helping thousands of people have engaging conversations about math and beyond!
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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'm here for the people thinking about the Super Bowl at their desk quietly rocking in their chairs to:
La Jumpa
Krippy Kush
La Romana
Chambea
No Me Conoce
Que Pretendes
Whatever Bad Bunny song you were playing prior to that led you to these, and I'm really happy for your ears.
La Jumpa
Krippy Kush
La Romana
Chambea
No Me Conoce
Que Pretendes
Whatever Bad Bunny song you were playing prior to that led you to these, and I'm really happy for your ears.
February 10, 2026 at 2:36 PM
I'm here for the people thinking about the Super Bowl at their desk quietly rocking in their chairs to:
La Jumpa
Krippy Kush
La Romana
Chambea
No Me Conoce
Que Pretendes
Whatever Bad Bunny song you were playing prior to that led you to these, and I'm really happy for your ears.
La Jumpa
Krippy Kush
La Romana
Chambea
No Me Conoce
Que Pretendes
Whatever Bad Bunny song you were playing prior to that led you to these, and I'm really happy for your ears.
Trying to remember but last I did that, it was blue. It’s probably somewhere in that color range.
February 10, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Trying to remember but last I did that, it was blue. It’s probably somewhere in that color range.
It’s gorgeous when the sun’s not out.
February 10, 2026 at 11:25 AM
It’s gorgeous when the sun’s not out.
“If you give me absolutely all of you and your country’s money, I will provide vibes. And not much more.”
"Life cannot just be about one sad thing after another," says the man responsible—directly or indirectly—for like 90% of the sad things that happened in the past year.
February 10, 2026 at 2:48 AM
“If you give me absolutely all of you and your country’s money, I will provide vibes. And not much more.”
Absolutely! For *us*.
February 9, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Absolutely! For *us*.
I’m not Puerto Rican. I’m Dominican/Haitian from the LES, NYC.
I never understood the battles between PR and DR, but I continue to be grateful to the contributions that the Boricua diaspora made to our cultures and communities.
Bad Bunny just reciprocated and amplified that love in 15 mins.
I never understood the battles between PR and DR, but I continue to be grateful to the contributions that the Boricua diaspora made to our cultures and communities.
Bad Bunny just reciprocated and amplified that love in 15 mins.
February 9, 2026 at 2:53 AM
I’m not Puerto Rican. I’m Dominican/Haitian from the LES, NYC.
I never understood the battles between PR and DR, but I continue to be grateful to the contributions that the Boricua diaspora made to our cultures and communities.
Bad Bunny just reciprocated and amplified that love in 15 mins.
I never understood the battles between PR and DR, but I continue to be grateful to the contributions that the Boricua diaspora made to our cultures and communities.
Bad Bunny just reciprocated and amplified that love in 15 mins.
From NYC, I'd say it isn't being ignored, but rather normalized and "both-sides" which is perhaps worse.
February 7, 2026 at 6:25 PM
From NYC, I'd say it isn't being ignored, but rather normalized and "both-sides" which is perhaps worse.
Yeah, this is Mamdani coded. -snickers loudly-
February 7, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Yeah, this is Mamdani coded. -snickers loudly-
It's not true, but if it was, he expects to run a country when he can barely manage his own social media account.
Some people's logics never cease to amaze me.
Some people's logics never cease to amaze me.
February 7, 2026 at 5:55 PM
It's not true, but if it was, he expects to run a country when he can barely manage his own social media account.
Some people's logics never cease to amaze me.
Some people's logics never cease to amaze me.
Tomorrow, I've decided that I'm gonna be a problem.
When Bad Bunny's "El Apagón" comes on tomorrow, I'm gonna spend the rest of the night picking up the mess I'll have made.
It's a wrap for my downstairs neighbor, too!
When Bad Bunny's "El Apagón" comes on tomorrow, I'm gonna spend the rest of the night picking up the mess I'll have made.
It's a wrap for my downstairs neighbor, too!
February 7, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Tomorrow, I've decided that I'm gonna be a problem.
When Bad Bunny's "El Apagón" comes on tomorrow, I'm gonna spend the rest of the night picking up the mess I'll have made.
It's a wrap for my downstairs neighbor, too!
When Bad Bunny's "El Apagón" comes on tomorrow, I'm gonna spend the rest of the night picking up the mess I'll have made.
It's a wrap for my downstairs neighbor, too!
Just watched The Muppet Show and nostalgia is a helluva drug.
February 7, 2026 at 4:58 AM
Just watched The Muppet Show and nostalgia is a helluva drug.
Right. Like, who's WE?!
February 5, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Right. Like, who's WE?!
Reposted by Jose Vilson, PhD
Excellent perspective from @thejosevilson.com pushing back on community-building as a ‘soft skill’ in math learning:
“There is nothing 'soft' about trying to build community. It’s actually hard to figure out what’s going on w/ a particular student that isn’t allowing them to connect to a problem.”
“There is nothing 'soft' about trying to build community. It’s actually hard to figure out what’s going on w/ a particular student that isn’t allowing them to connect to a problem.”
José Vilson: Good Math Education Is a ‘Civil Right’
The middle school math teacher, author, and lecturer, on holding high expectations for every child and prioritizing mathematics in the same way we do literacy.
www.edutopia.org
February 5, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Excellent perspective from @thejosevilson.com pushing back on community-building as a ‘soft skill’ in math learning:
“There is nothing 'soft' about trying to build community. It’s actually hard to figure out what’s going on w/ a particular student that isn’t allowing them to connect to a problem.”
“There is nothing 'soft' about trying to build community. It’s actually hard to figure out what’s going on w/ a particular student that isn’t allowing them to connect to a problem.”
You’re looking at your 2026 Cecil Memorial Lecture speaker at Smith College!
Grateful for the opportunity to speak to young people and those who uplift them about these times of peril and hope.
Let’s get into it!
Grateful for the opportunity to speak to young people and those who uplift them about these times of peril and hope.
Let’s get into it!
February 5, 2026 at 12:59 AM
You’re looking at your 2026 Cecil Memorial Lecture speaker at Smith College!
Grateful for the opportunity to speak to young people and those who uplift them about these times of peril and hope.
Let’s get into it!
Grateful for the opportunity to speak to young people and those who uplift them about these times of peril and hope.
Let’s get into it!
By commiserate, I really mean share misery with each other.
Part of being outside is getting out of the darkness in our minds and hearts. We're seeing the power of commiserating here and elsewhere.
We can do so much better.
Part of being outside is getting out of the darkness in our minds and hearts. We're seeing the power of commiserating here and elsewhere.
We can do so much better.
February 4, 2026 at 10:41 PM
By commiserate, I really mean share misery with each other.
Part of being outside is getting out of the darkness in our minds and hearts. We're seeing the power of commiserating here and elsewhere.
We can do so much better.
Part of being outside is getting out of the darkness in our minds and hearts. We're seeing the power of commiserating here and elsewhere.
We can do so much better.
I'm not typically the "silver lining" guy, but I've been in a space trying to help people (in community or on their own) see their way out of the darkness we're in.
The only way out of the nonsense we're in is to get your people together and commiserate.
The only way out of the nonsense we're in is to get your people together and commiserate.
February 4, 2026 at 10:41 PM
I'm not typically the "silver lining" guy, but I've been in a space trying to help people (in community or on their own) see their way out of the darkness we're in.
The only way out of the nonsense we're in is to get your people together and commiserate.
The only way out of the nonsense we're in is to get your people together and commiserate.
I love that for us.
February 4, 2026 at 2:41 AM
I love that for us.