Target on my Black
December 18, 2023
You know what’s sad? I almost didn’t leave my home that day because I had a feeling that what eventually did happen would happen. I
Author: Matthew R. Morris
Culturally Not-So Responsive Pedagogy
November 20, 2023
A few years after my school board rescinded almost all parts of its dress code policy I was in an empty classroom at lunchtime listening
5 Ideas For October
October 9, 2023
Every fall, educators walk into classrooms with personal goals, plans, and ideas of how they want the school year to go. Unfortunately, for many, those
The Real World: School
October 3, 2023
The school is a microcosm of the real world. Most teacher’s often misunderstand the essence of this ideology. I’ve been guilty of misdirecting the essential
5 Ways to Build Classroom Community
September 26, 2023
Getting to know your students and establishing a classroom community is integral to student learning. This isn’t just lip service. For teachers looking to create
5 Qualities of a Good Teacher
September 18, 2023
Not all teachers are created equal. Depending on how you look at it, this is either a good or a bad thing. For me, it
Teaching is an Act
September 12, 2023
This new role that I am taking on this school year has caused me to do a lot of thinking. In past years I’ve spent
Zen and the Art of Driver’s Ed
August 24, 2023
This should in no way be connected to that great body of factual information connected to the art of Zen. It is not very factual
The Smallest Things
August 16, 2023
A Poem in Paragraphs I got off the 401 at Markham Road today. And I’m so used to this exit now. On mornings which
Foreign Language
August 9, 2023
(A part II to Immigrant Words) I do feel more comfortable describing my father as firstly an immigrant and then a Jamaican and then a Black
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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