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
Author: Matthew R. Morris
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
#BTS of Doing a TED Talk
October 24, 2017
That stands for behind the scenes. And it was a TEDx for the particularly particular. Nevertheless, … Back in the springtime, a real-life
Big Brother
October 17, 2017
When Kanye West dropped Big Brother I was inspired. I thought, “Shit, he’s right, you know. We need to appreciate the inspiring and influential contemporaries before they
Fear Versus Love
October 3, 2017
In “A Bronx Tale”, the undisputed mob boss of the town, Sonny, takes his quasi-son, Lorenzo under his wing and in one scene speaks to
Three Chains On
September 27, 2017
I usually come to work with three chains on, tucked in of course, a 60 gram Cuban link bracelet that I actually owned for years
The Fresh Prince Syndrome: Track 2, “I Got A Story To Tell”
September 19, 2017
Hegemonic schooling practices are set up in a way that is meant to deceive and ultimately fail Black males in the long run, no pun intended.
The Fresh Prince Syndrome: Track 1
September 12, 2017
I came of age in the ’90s. A time when instead of explicit forms of racism, Black males, like myself, developed alongside illustrations painted by
New School Year’s Eve
September 2, 2017
It is the weekend before a new school year starts, and until I wrote that I honestly did not realize the gravity of this. I
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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