Matthew's Thoughts

I Don’t Recognize My Students

November 24, 2021

I want to blame it on the masks. But I know that’s not it. And if not them then the fractures that occurred over the last two years of school. But I don’t think that is it either. Or

Legacy Pedagogy Baggage

I wonder if almost every teacher was an A+ student as a child. Or if the majority of folks who

I’ve Seen Racism From Both Sides Of That Desk

The transition from the predominantly white elementary school I attended to the largely marginalized middle school was the closest thing

Two-Day Suspension: A True Short Story…

Do you think suspensions disproportionally target certain bodies? The hallways on the main floor of my high school resembled the

No Title

I’m tired. And it’s not because I’ve almost entirely lost interest in continuing on with the flawed form of teaching

What is meaningful work?

I asked my students this question on our Google classroom the other day. I didn’t post it as an “assignment”.

Why I Got Rid of My Teacher’s Desk

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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.