Drake Meek Mill Beef: In the Classroom
August 13, 2015
“Back to Back” (a.k.a Part II) Its impact for Educators I am glad that Drake won this Drake Meek Mill beef thing. And it is
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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
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,
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
“No Role Modelz and I’m Here Right Now”
February 6, 2015
I was one of the lucky ones who were fortunate enough to get a job right out of teacher’s college. Living in my parent’s basement,
Matthew R. Morris
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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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this week’s read. im so looking forward to getting a bit of report card work done and then cracking this open. im not super big on blurbs, but this one hear came with some bars. https://t.co/nmFHJ75N6G
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create space to be yourself.
Read Morewhen i think about what black students have to navigate and survive in school systems i'm constantly struck by the reality that they experience every minute of the school day--the dichotomy of always either being unseen or overseen.
Read Morei'm wondering, do kids still use the term white washed? oreo? are those words still regularly sprayed at black kids who are simply trying to do well in school?
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