Trust me, they all learning something…
April 3, 2018
One of my pet peeves in my role as a teacher comes from the nonchalant mouths of other teachers. More specifically, my most difficult times
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10 months with us
March 28, 2018
“Every student can learn, just not on the same day, or in the same way.” – George Evans. The year I became an educator, a
H&M and Education Equity
January 11, 2018
I first caught wind of the handsome black boy outfitted in a hoodie with the words, “coolest monkey in the jungle” on Monday morning as I
Teaching and Learning While Black
January 9, 2018
Recently, I wrote a piece for ETFO Voice Magazine that was featured. It was featured because they, like me, thought it was an important message. It is
When smart people say there’s no institutional racism
December 19, 2017
I started on YouTube watching some Lord Jamar interview and somehow, thirty minutes later, was watching a Piers Morgan Live episode where he was debating
Check Your Privilege
November 29, 2017
I was teaching a short and easy lesson on science lab safety that naturally led into a small activity I wanted my students to complete
Obligatory Obedience
November 8, 2017
I once witnessed a teacher moving a desk to the corner of her classroom as she was setting up the day before the new school
Dropout v. Push-out
November 1, 2017
This could have also been titled, “Our Words Matter”, “The Details” or “Speak it into (Non)Existence”…or something rich like that… The statistics have
So I Did a TEDx Talk…
October 26, 2017
(This is part 2 of my behind the scenes look at doing a TEDx Talk) So we got to the Centre in the Square
Lifelong Learner
July 27, 2017
One characteristic that is often preached about by administrators and teacher’s college professors is that the good teacher is the lifelong learner. It is important that teachers
Matthew R. Morris
Educator, Speaker, Writer
Matthew R. Morris is a writer, speaker, and elementary educator in Toronto. He has an M.A. in Social Justice Education from OISE at the University of Toronto and is the author of the forthcoming book, Black Boys Like Me.
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