Kids Can Smell Fear
June 1, 2018
Do you remember what it was like to be a kid? I mean, besides the nostalgic memories of gallivanting on bicycles around your neighborhood with
Author: Matthew R. Morris
Social Media and the Classroom: No longer a question of “if”.
May 23, 2018
We teach our children basic computation skills in mathematics because we know they will need to know how to add, multiply, and think logically about
We miss the old Kanye
May 9, 2018
Over the last week I listened to more than a few of my students casually mumble one of Kanye’s newest tracks while working on their
Why Geniuses Suck At School
April 20, 2018
Part 2: Why geniuses suck at school In my part 1 of why geniuses suck at school, I wrote about a student who, by fifth
Why Geniuses Are Horrible at School
April 18, 2018
Part 1: Why geniuses are horrible at school I never quite understood the stories of geniuses who are horrible at school until I started
Savior Complex
April 11, 2018
Almost all teachers who stay in the profession of public education are those who hold a passion for making a difference in the lives of
Following the wrong leader
April 5, 2018
Type “schools kill” in your Google bar and the first ten things that populate the autocomplete suggestion bar revolve around the word “creativity”. Sir Ken
Trust me, they all learning something…
April 3, 2018
One of my pet peeves in my role as a teacher comes from the nonchalant mouths of other teachers. More specifically, my most difficult times
10 months with us
March 28, 2018
“Every student can learn, just not on the same day, or in the same way.” – George Evans. The year I became an educator, a
Riding the Wave of Black Panther
February 21, 2018
“As we bask in the beauty and magic of Black Panther, and as we celebrate the fictional land of Wakanda, let us remember that real
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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