Educating the Drake Meek Beef
August 11, 2015
A few weeks back, Meek Mill now infamously went on a Twitter rant accusing Drake of not writing his own raps. Everyone who is somewhat familiar
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Educating Black Boys
August 9, 2015
Because I’m Black I grew up in a community where the majority of people were minorities. I had an eighth grade teacher whose motto was,
A Case for Black Teacher Identity
June 1, 2015
As a young, black, male teacher, the topic of developing an identity is one of tremendous importance. Identity, forming your own persona and style, is
Sports Saved My Life
April 30, 2015
Sports saved my life I am weary of wading into the political waters of positioning sports in a savior role in relation to our Black
Black Boy, Interrupted II
April 21, 2015
Stuck in the Machine of Education, Part II Black boys, like myself, try for years to interrupt the arresting box of urban Black identity in clever and chameleon ways.
Classroom Hip-Hop
April 14, 2015
On Hip-Hop Pedagogy I feel that all the hip-hop albums I have ever listened to, from Snoop Dogg’s Doggystyle to Kendrick’s To Pimp a Butterfly have
Black Boy, Interrupted
April 6, 2015
Stuck in the Machine of Education, Part I If the Black boy was striving for acceptance amongst his peers as validation for his Blackness,
Barack’s Blackness
March 30, 2015
The Detriments of Debating Over Blackness I was on a mini-vacation visiting some old friends who had recently moved to Montreal. After a meal one
How to talk like a Teacher
February 26, 2015
Teacher Talk I have been conducting heavily “teacher-instructed” lessons these last few days. I have spent a large majority of many of those periods talking,
Do Black boys have to embody Carlton Banks in order to be taken seriously in schools?
February 17, 2015
Urban Masculinity in Schools During the long weekend my girlfriend and I went to visit a long time friend who recently moved to Montréal with
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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Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it. Einstein said something like that.
Read MorePractical knowledge is the ultimate commodity.
Read MoreLearning how to learn is the most important skill to acquire.
Read MoreI am still trying to re-align myself and my expectations at school. Or at least re-think them.
Read MoreTwo Black QBs in #SuperBowlLVII That’s the story.
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