The Thin Line Between Discipline and Vulnerability
July 19, 2017
I am not a father but I assume raising children is tough. I may be proven wrong by my own experience one day but I
Author: Matthew R. Morris
How to Handle Summer Break
July 11, 2017
The last day of school is a faint memory now, even though it happened about a week ago. My somewhat agitated reality of having two
The Curious Case of Lavar Ball
June 28, 2017
If you’ve been following any basketball over the last little while you’ve heard about outspoken Lavar Ball and his trolling antics concerning his son, Lonzo.
Jordan Manners, 10 Years Later
June 5, 2017
It’s been exactly ten years since Jordan Manners was shot and killed inside a school in Toronto. After noticing this on my twitter feed, I
Boys Learn Differently…
May 29, 2017
Boys do learn differently. So, what next? I put on a movie to start first period. It was a documentary about the history of
Decoding Our Dress Code Policies
May 9, 2017
Have you ever looked through a school’s dress code policy and then pictured the type of student that said policy would affect? Of course you
Crime & Punishment: Does it always fit?
May 2, 2017
Perhaps a deeper analysis should also include the word “should” when we consider the topic of student discipline issues. In either case, the issue of
Dress For Success?
April 12, 2017
Lately, I have been titling my blogs with a lot of question marks. I don’t think it is possible for a person to be his
Assessing Teacher Performance
April 7, 2017
I had totally forgotten that my principal would be in for my teacher performance appraisal in early spring. We had sat down in the early
Messin’ With My Clique?
April 5, 2017
There was some massive drama going down between a group of girls in my 8th grade classroom a few years back. It actually happened around
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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