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This is not a test : a new narrative on race, class, and education / José Luis Vilson ; cover design by Eric Ruder.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vilson, José Luis, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- John H. Reagan High School (Austin, Tex.).
- School improvement programs--Texas--Austin.
- School improvement programs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 242 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, Illinois : Haymarket Books, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Foreword by Karen Lewis
- On perspective: an introduction
- Part one
- Please put your pencils down
- Can it be that it was all so simple then?
- Band of brothers
- What happened
- Negotiating my own skin
- It's not about a salary
- Part two
- The post-TFA assessment
- Blue magic
- The homeroom is a home
- White noise (on behalf of Ruben Redman)
- Where the hustle comes from
- The world is yours, the world is yours
- Yes, I still want to teach
- Safer spaces
- Snitches open stitches
- God got jokes, son
- "I don't want to talk about privilege. Now here's my Google glass."
- We don't need no education
- Part three
- Why you post-racialists get it wrong... again
- How to drop the mic
- To make sure it's broke (on teacher voice)
- Getting less than you give (on common core state standards)
- The eagle versus the hummingbird: a cautionary note to burgeoning teacher leaders
- Every day above ground is a good one
- Why teach?
- Conclusion: a note from this native son
- Afterword by Pedro Noguera.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 30, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 9781608464289
- 1608464288
- OCLC:
- 878262964
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