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March 29, 2017
This Is Not a Test: A New Narrative on Race, Class, and Education
- Author
- Vilson, Jose Luis
- Publisher
- Haymarket Books, Chicago, IL
- ISBN
- 9781608463701
- Table of Contents
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Foreword by Karen Lewis
On Perspetive: An Introduction
Part One
ch. 1 Please Put Your Pencils Down
ch. 2 Can It Be That It Was All So Simple Then?
ch. 3 Band of Brothers
ch. 4 What Happened
ch. 5 Negotiating My Own Skin
ch. 6 It’s Not About A Salary
Part Two
ch. 7 The Post-TFA Assessment
ch. 8 Blue Magic
ch. 9 The Homeroom Is A Home
ch. 10 White Noise (On Behalf of Ruben Redman)
ch. 11 Where the Hustle Comes From
ch. 12 The World Is Yours, The Works Is Yours
ch. 13 Yes, I Still Want To Teach
ch. 14 Safer Spaces
ch. 15 Snitches Open Stiches
ch. 16 God Got Jokes, Son
ch. 17 “I Don’t Want To Talk About Privilege. Now Here’s My Good Glass.”
ch. 18 We Don’t Need No Education
Part Three
ch. 19 What You Post-Racialists Get It Wrong . . . Again
ch. 20 How To Drop The Mic
ch. 21 To Make Sure It’s Broke (On Teacher Voice)
ch. 22 Getting Less Than You Give (On Common Core State Standards)
ch. 23 The Eagle Versus The Hummingbird: A Cautionary Note To Burgeoning Teacher Leaders
ch. 24 Every Day Above Ground It A Good One
ch. 25 Why Teach?
ch. 26 Conclusion: A Note From This Native Son
Afterword by Pedro Noguera
Acknowledgments
Index
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Abstract: Graduating from Syracuse University with a degree in computer science, Jose Vilson left campus with no job and a few hundred dollars to his name, propelling him (eventually) to his calling: teaching middle school children math in a public school in Washington Heights / Inwood, Manhattan. From his own background as a boy growing up on the drug-tainted, community-centered projects of the Lower East Side of Manhattan, this book takes the reader on the coming-of-age story of a naïve young man struggling to mature through the first few years of his career, balancing the lows of murder, poverty, and academic failure to the highs of growth and eventual triumph.
His career takes a twist when he starts a blog with incisive commentary on the state of education on his eponymous blog TheJoseVilson.com, taking prominent figures and institutions like NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, and The New York Times to task. (As of this letter, the site is banned from most NYC Department of Education computers, yet read by central offices.) In his collection of multifaceted essays, he provokes discussion on issues of race, gentrification, and the teaching profession from the eyes of a Black-Latino educator with a mix of research and first-hand experience.
This education book is not to be missed! (From the Publisher)
Abstract: Graduating from Syracuse University with a degree in computer science, Jose Vilson left campus with no job and a few hundred dollars to his name, propelling him (eventually) to his calling: teaching middle school children math in a public school in Washington Heights / Inwood, Manhattan. From his own background as a boy growing up on the drug-tainted, community-centered projects of the Lower East Side of Manhattan, this book takes the reader on the coming-of-age story of a naïve young man struggling to mature through the first few years of his career, balancing the lows of murder, poverty, and academic failure to the highs of growth and eventual triumph.
His career takes a twist when he starts a blog with incisive commentary on the state of education on his eponymous blog TheJoseVilson.com, taking prominent figures and institutions like NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, and The New York Times to task. (As of this letter, the site is banned from most NYC Department of Education computers, yet read by central offices.) In his collection of multifaceted essays, he provokes discussion on issues of race, gentrification, and the teaching profession from the eyes of a Black-Latino educator with a mix of research and first-hand experience.
This education book is not to be missed! (From the Publisher)