Vern S. Williams is a mathematics teacher at Nysmith School in Herndon, Virginia.

[3][4] Williams first taught at Hayfield Secondary School in Alexandria, Virginia.

Williams later transferred to Longfellow Middle School, then to BASIS Independent McLean in 2016.

"[5] Williams also believes that teachers need free rein to create curriculums in order to teach successfully, and that "politicians, researchers, special interest groups, school system bureaucracies, [and] unions" shouldn't attempt to control what a teacher is allowed to teach.

[6] However, Williams receives some criticism for his more traditional views, and has been called an "anti-progressive" and a "radical" by some opponents.