Put Some Respeck On My Name
February 12, 2018
I came up in the old school from a generation where you didn’t even know your teachers’ first names. You also didn’t dare cross any
Author: Matthew R. Morris
Make your class more inclusive to black students: 5 more ways
January 30, 2018
With black history month literally days away, teachers across the country are dusting off their Martin Luther King videos and photocopying Underground Railroad worksheets. Something
A Warning to Education Equity
January 26, 2018
I was going through my usual midweek, midday routine. Driving back home from the gym, while listening to talk radio, debating on whether or not
Blowing hot air
January 22, 2018
I was sitting in on a science class observing a student teacher deliver a lesson. The lesson was on the types of heat transfer and
10 ways to make your classroom more inclusive of black students
January 16, 2018
It’s hard to begin this list in light of the events that have transpired over the past week. First, we have a major fashion retailer
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
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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