Obama’s Farewell Address: Some Notes for Educators
January 12, 2017
Barack Obama gave a farewell address on Tuesday night that hopefully made everyone forget about the political semantics behind what he did or didn’t do
Day: January 12, 2017
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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