The School of Hard Knocks: Part Two
January 14, 2016
We looked at this guy as a singular dealer, at this point, we should call him a hustler, and hedged our bets, based on conventional
Author: Matthew R. Morris
Learning from the School of Hard Knocks
January 12, 2016
A Tale of the Ghettoization of Black ‘Smarts’ To end my last week of 2015, I took a trip to New York City. The busy
Yale or Jail? What do you see?
January 8, 2016
Seriously, ask yourself that question when you look at the picture of these boys. Do you see promising young students? When you look at these
Re-Starting After Winter Break
January 5, 2016
3 Ways to Re-Start after the Break The winter break is perfectly timed to provide some much needed rest all teachers need after that long,
A Teacher’s New Year’s Resolution
January 2, 2016
2015 has come and gone in what seems like a few blinks of the eye. We are in another January, and even though the majority
5 Most Overused Symbols in Education
December 17, 2015
Education is a very conservative field by any measure. But there are a few things in education that maintain such high regard, when they really
Death to Textbooks
December 15, 2015
Schooling is on rather ironic grounds these days. In one sense, almost all new initiatives assert inquiry-based teaching modes that lean more on alternative forms of
Being a Teacher is Hard These Days
December 11, 2015
I want to talk to my students how I talk to my nieces and nephews. I want to teach my students the way I’ve taught
The Impact of a Backstory
December 8, 2015
This is what happens when a teacher shares his life with some students… Once again, the scene was a lunchtime program that I run
How Schools Kill Black Boys
December 6, 2015
On Black male stereotypes Our current school system leaves Black boys set up in a way that is meant to deceive and ultimately fail them
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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