Are you Balanced or Aligned?
February 25, 2016
Do you know the difference between alignment and balance? With a car, balance refers to the tires, the things that touch the road every time
Author: Matthew R. Morris
Top 5 Posts on Black Culture and Education
February 22, 2016
Since we are right in the middle of Black History Month, I thought I would take some time to look back on some of the
Parent-Teacher Interviews
February 15, 2016
Have you ever noticed how after a parent-teacher interview your students behave like it’s the first day of school? After that interview, students approach class
The Super Bowl and Cam Newton
February 7, 2016
Two years ago it was Richard Sherman and his rags to riches story of growing up in Compton to eventual Stanford graduate and Super Bowl
5 School Ideas for Black History Month
February 4, 2016
Aside from all the cynicism surrounding the short month of February, Black History Month is currently our best opportunity at fostering a sense of the importance
Black History Month: So it’s that Time of Year Again
February 2, 2016
Another February is here. We all know what that means. Schools across the country either dust off their annual Black History Month routine, or
Testing Students: It’s Practice, Not Failure
January 26, 2016
The arena of education maintains a few diverse phenomena that only exist in the confines of the school. For instance, the ways classrooms are set
A Letter to You, Martin Luther King Jr.
January 22, 2016
You are right. I can be the change that I want to see. While none of us are held in physical captivity, the slave mentality
I Hate My Students
January 20, 2016
In teachers’ college, I read an article about the idea of hate in the classroom and teachers hating their students. When I read it back
Three-Card Monte & the Ghettoization of Black Intellect
January 17, 2016
Or, Part Three Clearly, there are more questions about situated and contextual knowledge than answers. The hustler playing three-card monte on 6th Ave. may not have
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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